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Irishwhistle

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Help! I was in the middle of downloading a 700MB Linux ISO and Firefox stopped responding when it was almost done downloading. It's taken two or three hours and it just quit on me. I don't know what to do and I wondered if anyone knew of any free software that would increase my download speed a lot.

~Jordan
 
Which distro and from what site? The Linux iso images are usually slower where you wait for a download to finish while doing other things. When downloading any large file the first thing to do is select a specific folder for the download to go into. If you have doubt that the download was incomplete you will have to delete that copy and go for a fresh copy. The long time seen for download is probably from a slow server. Are you on dialup, dsl, cable?
 
Wireless (goodbye to dialup) The distro is DreamLinux and it is from the first download mirror on they're page. Is that a long time? I guess I'm used to dialup.

~Jordan
 
Oh, one other thing. I am sharing the internet connection with another PC by way of ethernet. Could that make a difference?

~Jordan
 
Sometimes you have to go with a 2nd or 3rd link while Linux download sites themselves are often themseoves slow as eternity there. :rolleyes: I know quite well from downloading a large variety of distros to try them out. A downloader like a bit torrent is pointless if the servers there are ssssslowww......:rolleyes: snore! snore! At different times of day or night your own ISP's servers get bogged down with everybody logging on to check their emails and browse the web and even stop by CF? :confused: :P ! I notice about 4am the traffic gets going for the morning rush hour too. Try a different link at a different time to see if you see a faster download. But look at the download rate to see what the server is providing. But 2-3hrs? It's slow and annoying! But with some Linux(the free OS) you have to put up with some of that.
 
I can easily remember downloading the iso images for some of the larger distros like Fedora while ubuntu 6.10, Mandriva, and the smaller ones went much faster. If you see something like 14kps or lower you'll know right away if you are stuck with a slow one there. If they don't you with the wallet they get you with your time invested! :P
 
it would have been nice if the thread was named correctly but, i have also noticed linux isos download stop responding,

heres a suggestion, try to download the exact same file and (worked on mine) it might carry on from when it left off. the other option is to buy a linux book with the OS included, it costs around £15.00
 
You first have to remember that not all distros are all rolled up into one download site. In fact different distros are distributed in several countries. Some are seen on sites with slow servers to begin with. Others with more updated sites see fast download times like those from sourceforge.net. I've seen that enough times with GParted as well as different distros live or otherwise.

For the Linux newbie the thread could only have one name. "HELP"!
 
That's the problem, I am a Linux newbe (pretty much) all I now is I've used the basic features and I like it. My download speed was around 80-90 Kb per second. The 2nd link is broken and the 3rd is French. I would just leave it overnight except for the fact that my computer is networked to another computer to get it's internet. So whenever the other PC crashes or hibernates (it is an extremely slow Compaq that it is networked to) I lose my internet. I ordered a wireless card off eBay and I am waiting for it to come. I guess I'll just wait for it.

~Jordan
 
when you are downaloding try not to have things running in the background... and maybe try with internet explorer... or better yet.. try a torrent is the distro has one...
 
I have tried a torrent once with FreeSpire and it downloaded at best about 10-15Kbps. I use Firefox and have found that it is faster and more secure than IE.

~Jordan
 
If you are still running IE 6.0 you want to be running Firefox to keep the adwares, spywares, and other crap off of your system! IE 6.0 has been the longing running version of IE to even be used until Vista was underway and the beta of IE 7 came out last fall. The new explorer no longer sees the vulnerablities that IE 6 had.

But between both IE and Firefox alike the slow speeds seen there are not the fault of which browser is used but the download site itself needing a faster server to get the increase there. Now you know why I was mentioning the old 14.4kbps baud rate seen on the older servers used.

This is mainly seen this way for those still running old systems with slow modem cards so that Linux will still be availble for them even after this amount of time At least a boost to 28.8 would be a "Big Help" don't you think?
 
I always use Firefox on my PC. The only time I ever use IE is on a Vista machine. And that is IE7. Is there a way I can configure the router for faster download speed?

~Jordan
 
I'm afraid a router is configured to run according to the ISP's own methods there. For dialup you see the big ads for internet boosts with Hi-Speed dialup and the other sales gimics there. But the change from one download site to another is probably the best move for finding the faster download.

The time of day and night also will be a factor since more users will log on at one time while less at others. Does the "morning rush" sound familiar? That's when everybody at once wants to check their mail or start downloading and of course starts bogging down on the ISP's own servers there. The best to start a large download is when you know that you won't be running any game or IE demanding multimedia app and can simply browse or let it run over a long period and see it finally in the designated folder you choose. Often the torrents and other utilities won't even be any help if the download site is slow.
 
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