Nice catch! Confirmed:
--16:00:58-- ftp://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/pub/ubuntu/releases/dvd/ubuntu-6.10-dvd-i386.iso => `ubuntu-6.10-dvd-i386.iso' Resolving darkstar.ist.utl.pt... 193.136.198.175 Connecting to darkstar.ist.utl.pt|193.136.198.175|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/ubuntu/releases/dvd ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR ubuntu-6.10-dvd-i386.iso ... done. Length: 3,725,318,144 (3.5G) (unauthoritative) The same file through ftp works. On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 15:47 +0000, Martin Jürgens wrote: > The link provided from you is a FTP link (the HTTP link forwards to a > FTP server), which seems to work fine using wget. > > I believe that wget only fails when downloading a big file using HTTP. > > ** Summary changed: > > - Wget does not support large file sizes > + Wget does not support large file sizes using HTTP > -- Wget does not support large file sizes using HTTP https://launchpad.net/bugs/68758 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs