SoulSe Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 I recently started using Downloader for X (handles downloads with resume, bandwidth limiting, etc. # urpmi d4x (depending on your sources). I like the program, but I have now downloaded three files, of which two did not sum! I did resume one of them, I know resuming can muck up your checksums sometimes... Anyway, just wondering if there were any suggestions or tips for me? It is irritating downloading a file for 8 hours and then having to download it again because it doesn't sum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero0w Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 Haven't encountered any particular error with d4x before, but I am on broadband so .... Anyway, I tried d4x-2.03/2.4.1 mdk rpm on Mdk 9/9.1, works good so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 I've used d4x on a 56k dialup for over a year without one single prob. I've downloaded countless kernels, had an updated mdk8.1 when 9.0 was released, and got all three 9.0 iso's with it, and just got Slackware's cd1 iso. All with nt and using the resume feature all the time. I love it. version d4x-2.4.0rc1-1tex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manly Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 I just downloaded the contrib RPM's for 9.1 (1.8 Gigs, 2400+ files), and they seem to be all right. What kind of modem do you have? Do you have problems with other apps not downloading things properly? --Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef_kunal Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 d4x does have some problems. If i download a single file from many urls in parts, then even if one thread is slow, the download will not finish. ie, d4x will finish the parts from the fast threads and then wiat forever for the slow threads to complete. If you pause the download and then remove the slow servers from the list of alternates then it will many times restart the download. I had a hell of a time downloading mdk 9.1 . ended up downloading the disc 2 three times on my 12kbps puedo broadband lan internet connection. I still dont have the disc. No more patience. See this post. http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...4052&highlight= If you have a slow connection then the best is to run only one thread and not split the file into parts. I got my disc 1 safely that way and disc 3 also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef_kunal Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 oh and i forgot to add, wget is really good. I am using it right now to get the contrib rpms from ibiblio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted April 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 After reading your posts I am beginning to think that the Diginet line I was on at the office was to blame and not D4X. I am going to also try wget, which sounds awesome. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qnr Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 Since you're looking at others, check out prozilla too. It's nice, and it downloads the same file from multiple sources simultaneously. terry@timestorm: /home/terry 12:24:09 $ gaze website prozilla http://prozilla.genesys.ro/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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