Pete Travis <lists <at> petetravis.com> writes:
So, I guess I'm answering a different question. Not
"where do I get
the DVD image", but "what's the best way to upgrade with a bad
network connection".
Downloading a single large Fedora image shouldn't be a problem, even with an
unreliable network connection (really slow is a different matter). It's best
to use a robust command-line tool such as wget, rather than a browser (for a
large image, reliability is more important than a nice GUI). wget can resume
an interrupted download using -c. In the unlikely event the download gets
corrupted (and I've personally never had this happen) rsync is available to
repair it.
If the network connection is unreliable or slow, it's best to use a direct
download, rather than a torrent. That way you don't have to waste bandwidth
uploading, and rsync is better at repairing corruption than BitTorrent,
since it can make use of matching blocks even at different offsets inside
the file.