On 06/08/2014 06:42 PM, David wrote:
On 6/8/2014 6:06 PM, Andre Robatino wrote:
Doug <dmcgarrett <at> optonline.net> writes:
Well, the reason was that I had the disk. So I listened to the sage
advice from the list here, and started to download the file. I have
the usual cable connection, and I thought
I'd have the file in 20 minutes or so. The estimate was 4½ hours! I
said to go ahead, and then after about 2½ hours I accidentally
aborted it. I'll try again late tonite.
I'm downloadeing from fedoraproject.org.
I have 3 Mbit DSL and could download the F20 install DVD faster than that.
When downloading large files, if possible use a robust command-line tool
such as wget. If necessary it's easy to resume the download with the -c
option (if it aborts, or you want to try a faster mirror).
me also. Less thatn 15 minutes here.
I downloaded the whole thing and burned a DVD. Thanx to the folks
who advised me to get the 64-bit version. I'll install it later tonite, if
I don't run into any further trouble. When it's installed and running
I'll post back, and if it doesn't install and run, I'll also post back!
BTW: I did not see any checksum information on the download site.
I just took it on faith that it was OK. Up until now, I've always had
good downloads, when I did have a checksum to verify with.
Re: torrent. I've had mixed results. Some things download fairly
quickly, but on at least one thing i wanted to download, I got an
expected time of 30 days! I know I've been told that torrent is
safe, but it makes me nervous to have someone else connected
to my machine. So I have used it, but I still get nervous!
--doug
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