On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:57:44 -0500 Curt Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jigdo has never worked for me. Odd, that. I don't use it a whole lot, but it has worked for me the couple of times I've downloaded etch DVD disk #1 images. I usually, but not always, get appreciable throughput (have a DSL connection). ftp can be slow if you're ftp'ing to a slow link. Of all the ftp sites that comprise ftp.us.debian.org (and it is not just one, of course) there are slow places and there are fast places. There will be times (and there has been IME) when the site picked when you ftp to ftp.us.debian.org isn't too fast or is too clogged. Bittorrent works too, but it is subject to popularity, age, and just how many people are seeding. At least jigdo has the *potential* of being just as fast (if not faster) than bittorrent because it doesn't depend on the same external factors as bittorrent (i.e., who's seeding and how fast). And since each "packet" of files is individually downloaded and checksummed in- dependently of the others, and likely from a different ftp site each time, it spreads the load from the machines that are already in place to distribute the files. > Curt- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
