[plug] wget

[Jim Householder]

Thanks.  Just got it.  Works fine.
I have not seen it at the local shop for a while so I picked up a copy 
when I was in Bunbury today.

Jim

WolfBite wrote:
> LinuxFormat 73 newsagents
> full knoppix 4.0
> 
> :)
> 
> */Jim Householder <nofixed at westnet.com.au>/* wrote:
> 
>     Craig Foster wrote:
>      > ?
>      > From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au on behalf of Jim Householder
>      > Sent: Tue 06-Dec-05 1:35 PM
>      > To: plug at plug.org.au
>      > Subject: [plug] wget
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > Hi
>      >
>      > I downloaded Knoppix 4.0.2 using wget. 2 restarts were required, one
>      > because of a disconnect, and the other disk full. The md5sum check
>      > failed, so I tried again. One restart needed. Again the md5sum check
>      > failed.
>      >
>      > The 2 copies are the same according to cmp.
>      >
>      > Is there a problem with wget or the way I'm using it?
>      > wget --limit-rate=20k --input-file=/home/jim/wget-in
>      > and
>      > wget --limit-rate=20k --input-file=/home/jim/wget-in -c
>      > to continue.
>      >
>      > Or is there an md5sum problem, like wrong version or something?
>      >
>      > TIA
>      > Jim
>      > _______________________________________________
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > Rsync is your friend... It works by comparing and then
>     downloading the differences between your file and the server's.
>      >
>      > Simple explanation at
>     http://contribs.org/modules/phpwiki/index.php/SME%20Server%20Rsync
>      >
>      > Where are you downloading Knoppix from?
>      >
>      > CraigF.
>      >
>     Thanks for the replies.
> 
>     I will look into rsync again. The last time I tried to use it, it
>     wanted to fetch entire files that differed, not just the differing
>     parts.
> 
>     I burned a CD and tried to use it on 3 computers. Same result. As
>     knoppix booted, RAM was detected correctly (256M, 768M, 1G). However
>     kdeinit failed, saying it needed at least 84M.
> 
>     The fi rst 1.9 tries were from http://mirror/pacific.net.au. I was
>     unable to continue the second try (connection refused) so I continued
>     with a European site from the knoppix mirror list.
> 
>     Jim
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