On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:32:54PM +1100, bob parker wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:39, Levi Waldron wrote: > > On February 4, 2003 08:13 am, bob parker wrote: > > > Well I just completed downloading Knoppix using my steam powered dial up > > > connection. > > > > > > I started on 27 January. > > > > That's such a sad story, if you have a hard time fixing the download let me > > know and I'll mail a KNOPPIX cd to you. -Levi > > Thanks for your offer Levi. I have a local Linux supplier but this time I > thought I would experiment with downloading. I had been inpired to do this > on some thread where I was discussing the virtues of Jigdo. > > I believe rightly or wrongly that rsync has the capability of sorting out > which parts of a file are corrupt and then downloading only the necessary > corrections.
That is indeed what rsync does. Now all you need is the address of an rsyncable box with the (correct) image on it ... (sorry, I don't know of one offhand). -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] A booming voice says, "Wrong, cretin!", and you notice that you have turned into a pile of dust. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
