Downloading core3

[Jim Cornette]

linux r wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:16:10 -0600, Gerry Tool <gstool at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>>Ken Barber wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Tuesday 09 November 2004 10:54 am, John Aldrich wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Are there any other torrents available for downloading FC3? The one at
>>>>linux.duke.edu doesn't seem to be working for me...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Try combing through the comments on the Slashdot article yesterday (I'm almost
>>>done downloading so I haven't looked).
>>>
>>>When FC2 was released, that is how I found a decent torrent server.
>>>
>>>Ken
> 
> 
> You can also just test a few mirrors until you find one that is
> downloading at a good rate and then switch to an ftp program (like
> gftp) to download it directly.  I found that FoxFire got confused at
> the end of a very long DVD download and I had to start over.  Still, I
> had the  DVD and had finished installing by yesterday evening. Or,
> perhaps you have a dial-up con
> 
> 
> I am having better luck with the Ireland mirrors than anything in my
> time zone (eastern).  I also had trouble with mozilla ff towards the
> end of a dl.  Is gftp faster than a 'normal' download ?   worth
> investigating...
> 

This program worked great for my download of the isos. Why it is not 
part of the default packages is a mystery to me.

gftp tries again if you get interrupted. It is also capable of resuming 
from where it left off, if the connection was totally lost from the server.

Jim