On 6/8/2014 6:13 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/09/14 05:49, David wrote: >> His complaint was that his download did not complete. A torrent would be >> a complete restart. And a torrent, at this late date, would/could be >> slow since the possibility od acctive 'seeds' would/could be small. > > Just for the heck of it, I'm re-downloading the torrent using the torrent file on fedoraproject.org. I'm getting 2.8 Mb/sec and expect the dl to be done in 30 minutes. I am impressed Ed. Most, in my experience, torrents die quickly due to lack of seeds. I gave up on torrents when I upgraded from telephone lines and 56k modems. I have no idea but many, many yeaRS AGO, >> And, IMO, since he can not complete, or resume, an oridinary d/l -- you >> expect him to preform a torrent d/l? God luck with that. > > A dl by torrent is generally better since you're getting data from multiple sources via multiple paths over the internet. A ftp/http download is from a single source along a single path. More susceptible to a failure. > > Also, FWIW, when you do a wget on the DVD via fedoraproject you actually get mirror. I just tried it and I get a mirror that is very close to me here in Taiwan. Yet, I'm getting only 25Kb/s and the download is expected to take 2Days. > Ed... you are a great guy. But? What info you are offering him APPEARS TO BE beyond his knowledge. IMO. -- David -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
