On 6/13/05, Jeff Pitman <symbiont@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kinda sucks to "help" when dl speed = 20 KB/s through torrent; but, a > local ftp mirror = 150 KB/s. Can we use local ftp mirrors as > distributed copies in bittorrent? I'm not all that conversant with the > tool.. It will get faster if you have patience, eventually filling your pipe in many cases.. If you don't have patience, you can help by finishing the FTP download, stopping BT, copying the file you got via ftp on top of the file BT was writing and then start up bt again. You will now be a seed helping others. This even works with a partial FTP download. ... and it might even work to take a FC4-test3 DVD and put it in the same place, depending on how much has changed. :) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
