On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 11:51 PM, Michael Jenkins <darvedd(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2008/8/24 Kam Leo <kam.leo(a)gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 22:11 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
>>> Check the length of your downloaded ISO vs. what it _should_ be. Some
>>> http downloads will screw up with a >2GB file...
>>
>> Likewise with trying to save such big files on some file systems, such
>> as the *old* DOS/Windows one.
>>
>
> BitTorrent clients can handle files in excess of 2 GB. Best to save
> to an NTFS formatted drive. If a torrent is too slow for you use
> wget.exe (version 1.10.2 or greater) from the command line. Use it
> with the -c option to ensure a complete download.
Fat32 drives have a file size limit of 4 GB.
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Regards,
Michael Jenkins
1) The maximum file size for FAT32 is actually one byte less than 4
GB. A single layer DVD can store 4.7 GB.
2) I was addressing the limitation of the file downloading
application/plugin in older browsers and, for that matter, older
versions of wget.