Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-27 Thread bob parker
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 05:49, Gordon Huff wrote: > At 02:36 AM 1/27/2003 +1100, bob parker wrote: > >Out of curiosity can you download a full cd iso on a dialup connection > > that is dropped every 4 hours using wget? > > > >At the very least you have to find a site that supports resume. > > > >Bob >

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-27 Thread bob parker
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 05:49, Gordon Huff wrote: > At 02:36 AM 1/27/2003 +1100, bob parker wrote: > >Out of curiosity can you download a full cd iso on a dialup connection > > that is dropped every 4 hours using wget? > > > >At the very least you have to find a site that supports resume. > > > >Bob >

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread Gordon Huff
At 02:00 AM 1/27/2003 +1000, jason andrade wrote: On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, bob parker wrote: > Out of curiosity can you download a full cd iso on a dialup connection that > is dropped every 4 hours using wget? > > At the very least you have to find a site that supports resume. isn't resume supported by

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread Gordon Huff
At 02:36 AM 1/27/2003 +1100, bob parker wrote: Out of curiosity can you download a full cd iso on a dialup connection that is dropped every 4 hours using wget? At the very least you have to find a site that supports resume. Bob I think so ... I'll run jigo-easy (and hence wget) in the background wh

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread Gordon Huff
At 12:33 PM 1/26/2003 +0100, you wrote: > > I found it easiest to Google for the missing file and download it to the > > working directory. Next time I restart Jigdo this file is picked up. It isn't necessary to google for missing files! (At least with jigdo-lite, dunno about jigdo-easy. BTW, jigdo

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread Gordon Huff
At 04:11 AM 1/26/2003 +, Tom Goulet wrote: --snip-- I don't need to do that with Wget. It appears that you really *like* wget and that no tool other than wget will keep you happy. (Jigdo uses wget also.) My advice then is to abandon jigdo - either the jigdo-lite version or the jigdo-easy ver

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread Gordon Huff
At 02:00 AM 1/27/2003 +1000, jason andrade wrote: On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, bob parker wrote: > Out of curiosity can you download a full cd iso on a dialup connection that > is dropped every 4 hours using wget? > > At the very least you have to find a site that supports resume. isn't resume supported

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread bob parker
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 03:00, jason andrade wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, bob parker wrote: > > Out of curiosity can you download a full cd iso on a dialup connection > > that is dropped every 4 hours using wget? > > > > At the very least you have to find a site that supports resume. > > isn't resume

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread Gordon Huff
At 02:36 AM 1/27/2003 +1100, bob parker wrote: Out of curiosity can you download a full cd iso on a dialup connection that is dropped every 4 hours using wget? At the very least you have to find a site that supports resume. Bob I think so ... I'll run jigo-easy (and hence wget) in the backgro

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread Gordon Huff
At 12:33 PM 1/26/2003 +0100, you wrote: > > I found it easiest to Google for the missing file and download it to the > > working directory. Next time I restart Jigdo this file is picked up. It isn't necessary to google for missing files! (At least with jigdo-lite, dunno about jigdo-easy. BTW, ji

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread Gordon Huff
At 04:11 AM 1/26/2003 +, Tom Goulet wrote: --snip-- I don't need to do that with Wget. It appears that you really *like* wget and that no tool other than wget will keep you happy. (Jigdo uses wget also.) My advice then is to abandon jigdo - either the jigdo-lite version or the jigdo-eas

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread jason andrade
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, bob parker wrote: > Out of curiosity can you download a full cd iso on a dialup connection that > is dropped every 4 hours using wget? > > At the very least you have to find a site that supports resume. isn't resume supported by most ftp servers nowadays ? and/or isn't resum

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread bob parker
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 03:00, jason andrade wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, bob parker wrote: > > Out of curiosity can you download a full cd iso on a dialup connection > > that is dropped every 4 hours using wget? > > > > At the very least you have to find a site that supports resume. > > isn't resume

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread bob parker
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:11, Tom Goulet wrote: > I'll try to get across my somewhat frustrating experience and then give > up. > > > It's something you want; not a problem. > > It's something *Debian* wants, not me. > > > Download, unpack, read the readme.; installation done! > > I don't need to do t

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread Richard Atterer
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 04:11:52AM +, Tom Goulet wrote: > Jigdo (er, jigdo-lite anyways) stops after downloading ten packages, and > them makes an ISO image. It seemed to me that jigdo-lite was > malfunctioning. That would not have happened with Wget. jigdo just does things differently. >

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread jason andrade
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, bob parker wrote: > Out of curiosity can you download a full cd iso on a dialup connection that > is dropped every 4 hours using wget? > > At the very least you have to find a site that supports resume. isn't resume supported by most ftp servers nowadays ? and/or isn't resum

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread bob parker
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:11, Tom Goulet wrote: > I'll try to get across my somewhat frustrating experience and then give > up. > > > It's something you want; not a problem. > > It's something *Debian* wants, not me. > > > Download, unpack, read the readme.; installation done! > > I don't need to do t

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread Richard Atterer
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 04:11:52AM +, Tom Goulet wrote: > Jigdo (er, jigdo-lite anyways) stops after downloading ten packages, and > them makes an ISO image. It seemed to me that jigdo-lite was > malfunctioning. That would not have happened with Wget. jigdo just does things differently. >

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-26 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 25 January 2003 06:48 pm, Gordon Huff wrote: > At 09:06 PM 1/25/2003 +, Tom Goulet wrote: Jigdo does do large files very well. I don't do the 7cd's but I do the DVD. Jigdo really shines on files of this size , further :) I use jigdo-

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-25 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 25 January 2003 06:48 pm, Gordon Huff wrote: > At 09:06 PM 1/25/2003 +, Tom Goulet wrote: Jigdo does do large files very well. I don't do the 7cd's but I do the DVD. Jigdo really shines on files of this size , further :) I use jigdo-

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-25 Thread Tom Goulet
I'll try to get across my somewhat frustrating experience and then give up. > It's something you want; not a problem. It's something *Debian* wants, not me. > Download, unpack, read the readme.; installation done! I don't need to do that with Wget. > Readme file sez "click on runme"; not diff

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-25 Thread Gordon Huff
At 09:06 PM 1/25/2003 +, Tom Goulet wrote: I suspect there is a perception problem here. > What problems did you have using jigdo-lite? - I had to find out what Jigdo was It's something you want; not a problem. - I had to install Jigdo Download, unpack, read the readme.; installation done! - I

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-25 Thread Tom Goulet
I'll try to get across my somewhat frustrating experience and then give up. > It's something you want; not a problem. It's something *Debian* wants, not me. > Download, unpack, read the readme.; installation done! I don't need to do that with Wget. > Readme file sez "click on runme"; not diff

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-25 Thread Gordon Huff
At 09:06 PM 1/25/2003 +, Tom Goulet wrote: I suspect there is a perception problem here. > What problems did you have using jigdo-lite? - I had to find out what Jigdo was It's something you want; not a problem. - I had to install Jigdo Download, unpack, read the readme.; installation

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-25 Thread Tom Goulet
> You may have seen the screenshot on the jigdo homepage: I'm working on a > proper "download manager" style jigdo application, which will hopefully > be easier to use. But don't hold your breath, it'll take me a little > longer... Sounds graphical, which would not make Jigdo easier (at least f

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-25 Thread Tom Goulet
> You may have seen the screenshot on the jigdo homepage: I'm working on a > proper "download manager" style jigdo application, which will hopefully > be easier to use. But don't hold your breath, it'll take me a little > longer... Sounds graphical, which would not make Jigdo easier (at least f

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-25 Thread Richard Atterer
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 02:54:05AM +, Tom Goulet wrote: > > Could you please either make Jigdo work quickly and easily, or stop > > asking people to use Jigdo? > > I'm still asking for this :) You may have seen the screenshot on the jigdo homepage: I'm working on a proper "download manager"

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-25 Thread Richard Atterer
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 02:54:05AM +, Tom Goulet wrote: > > Could you please either make Jigdo work quickly and easily, or stop > > asking people to use Jigdo? > > I'm still asking for this :) You may have seen the screenshot on the jigdo homepage: I'm working on a proper "download manager"

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-25 Thread Tony D'Amato
--- Tom Goulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FINISHED --03:24:34-- > > Downloaded: 3,925,109 bytes in 10 files > > Found 10 of the 825 files required by the template > > 17% 115200k/660832k writing image > > But Jigdo never works for me! > > Okay, I just realised it's supposed to do that now.

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-25 Thread Tony D'Amato
--- Tom Goulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FINISHED --03:24:34-- > > Downloaded: 3,925,109 bytes in 10 files > > Found 10 of the 825 files required by the template > > 17% 115200k/660832k writing image > > But Jigdo never works for me! > > Okay, I just realised it's supposed to do that now.

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-24 Thread Tom Goulet
> FINISHED --03:24:34-- > Downloaded: 3,925,109 bytes in 10 files > Found 10 of the 825 files required by the template > 17% 115200k/660832k writing image > But Jigdo never works for me! Okay, I just realised it's supposed to do that now. But it was my fourth or so difficulty, so I was pessimi

Re: I don't think I've ever gotten Jigdo working

2003-01-24 Thread Tom Goulet
> FINISHED --03:24:34-- > Downloaded: 3,925,109 bytes in 10 files > Found 10 of the 825 files required by the template > 17% 115200k/660832k writing image > But Jigdo never works for me! Okay, I just realised it's supposed to do that now. But it was my fourth or so difficulty, so I was pessimi