How about using an ordinary FTP client and go directly to the ftp server and download. That should be quicker than going through the browser anyway.
doug On 7/24/02 5:36 PM, "Christensen Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Howdy, > problem, I am trying to download the ISO's for Limbo... however, > Mozilla/Netscape and Konqueror all do the same thing, when downloading a > file from a web site, they slog the whole file into RAM until it finishes > downloading.. and then creates a file from the stuff in RAM. However, this > crashes my machine, because it only has 128MB of RAM and 256MB of swap... > so, a 650MB ISO fills all available RAM and the system freezes. > Any way around this? or do I have to use an ftp site to download large > files? or reinstall windows on 1 machine so that I can continue using IE to > be able to download updates for my linux systems? (IE saves the data > directly to a tmp file on the hard drive and then copies the tmp file to the > final location when downloading completes, hence avoiding this problem) > let me know. > Tom > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world痴 largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
