On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Robert Marcano <rob...@marcanoonline.com> wrote: > On 11/10/2011 01:49 AM, Kalpa Pathum Welivitigoda wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to download F16 and currently my internet connection doesn't >> allow to download large files. The maximum allowable size is 50MB a >> file. I do have my space on fedorapeople.org. Is it allowed to >> download F16 DVD iso to my space on fedorapeople.org, split into 50MB >> files using tar and download them, so that I can create the iso >> locally and delete the files on fedorapeople.org? >> >> I want to know whether this is allowed and whether there are any >> online services that I can use to get the job done. That is to split >> the iso file into 50MB files and download them. >> > > Ohh you made me remember my college times, with slow internet by day, > and limited time to use the terminals, so I scheduled "at" jobs to run > late night, opening FTPMail sessions (servers that downloaded files for > you and sent it to you in chunks by email) and joining the parts the > next day. Great times :P
no matter how much advanced the technology is, history repeats :-) > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- Best Regards, Kalpa Pathum Welivitigoda http://about.me/callkalpa -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
