For every question, there's an answer -- and you'll find it here!


Printer-friendly copy
Top The PC Q&A Forum The Computer Forum topic #1451
View in linear mode

Subject: "freshdownload-resume not supported" Previous topic | Next topic
flatcatSat Dec-15-01 10:30 PM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
"freshdownload-resume not supported"


          

Well I am downloading dragonlinux for the 2nd time, (I thought I'd better since the 1st round got goofed up), and since it is 283 megs, I am concerned that the freshdownload d/l box states that it is not resume supported. The first time it was resume supported, but not now.
Since this d/l is being done on dial-up(it took about 18 or 19 hours the first time)I'm worried that it will stop half way through. I emailed "fresh" support last night, but of course I probably won't hear from them till at least monday. It the event it stops does anyone now how to set it to support resume?
Thanks,\
flatcat

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

Replies to this topic
Subject Author Message Date ID
RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 15th 2001
1
RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 15th 2001
4
RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 15th 2001
2
RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 15th 2001
3
RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 15th 2001
5
      RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 15th 2001
6
RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
7
      RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
8
      RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
9
           RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
10
                RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
11
                     RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
12
                          RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
13
                               RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
14
                                    RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
15
                                         RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
16
                                              RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
17
                                                   RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
18
                                                        RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
19
                                                             RE: freshdownload-resume not supported
Dec 16th 2001
20

ShellySat Dec-15-01 10:38 PM
Charter member
58338 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#1. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to flatcat (Reply # 0)


  

          

That size DL on a dial up is very risky. Perhaps you can get someone with a broadband connection and a CD burner to DL it?

Shelly

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

    
flatcatSat Dec-15-01 10:58 PM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#4. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to Shelly (Reply # 1)


          

Thanks for the suggestion Shelly, but I don't know anyone that could help me with this down here.

flatcat

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

GroganSat Dec-15-01 10:39 PM
Charter member
20650 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#2. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to flatcat (Reply # 0)


  

          

Do you still have the original zip file? Chances are there's nothing wrong with it, if you got it to unzip. Zip files have built in CRC (cyclic redundancy check) error checking code.

Open the file with Winzip or Power Archiver and from the Actions menu (I think... just look through the menus if that's not where it is) test the archive. If it tells you "no errors were encountered in the compressed data" then your zip file is fine. Note that this isn't even necessary, because both of those programs I mentioned check the CRC on opening the zip archive.

Now, as for not being able to resume a broken download, I'm assuming you're using some sort of download manager that adds that functionality. I cannot advise.

When downloading something big, it is best to connect with an ftp client where servers and clients use a reliable resume mechanism. This being a sourceforge thing, there is most certainly an ftp mirror you can download dragonlinux from. You can read about ftp here...

http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/ftp1.html

Grogan

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

    
flatcatSat Dec-15-01 10:53 PM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#3. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to Grogan (Reply # 2)


          

As I stated I am using freshdownload in which it usually has resume support, but this time it states resume not supported. That is the reason I started using freshdownload, for the resume support. The first time I d/l dragon I did indeed have to use that facility. The reason I am downloading again is because I inadvertently unzipped it to a windows file instead of extracting to C:\dragon. I have since deleted everything. Now I am trying to start over with a clean d/l.

flatcat

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

        
Zema BusSat Dec-15-01 11:18 PM
Charter member
1039 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#5. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to flatcat (Reply # 3)


  

          

I used Freshdownload for a while but liked DAP much better and switched back. That "resume not supported" message is most likely referring to the server you're downloading from. I'd look for another source. I'm pretty sure that would solve that problem, as some servers either don't have resume support, or are unreliable with it like Grogan said. Here's an easy way to download a big file like that - set it to download all night for a few nights in a row (however many it takes). It's much easier if it's using bandwidth (especially if set to simultaniously download multiple chunks) when you're not, like when you're asleep. It works for me, on 56K (really 45K).





Zema Bus





Zema Bus

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

            
flatcatSat Dec-15-01 11:39 PM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#6. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to Zema Bus (Reply # 5)


          

Thanks for the reply Zema. I downloaded the FTP program Grogan suggested and if I can get it setup I shouldn't have any probs as it will be resume supported.

flatcat

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

    
flatcatSun Dec-16-01 01:05 AM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#7. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to Grogan (Reply # 2)


          

I downloaded ftp1.html, but I am unable to understand how to work with it, i.e. how to configure it to download what I need from where to download it. I'm back to using freshdownload to get dragonlinux with resume supported.

flatcat

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

        
flatcatSun Dec-16-01 01:08 AM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#8. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to flatcat (Reply # 7)


          

What I meant to say in meesage two is without resume supported.
flatcat

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

        
GroganSun Dec-16-01 01:26 AM
Charter member
20650 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#9. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to flatcat (Reply # 7)


  

          

OK, here is a very good ftp mirror to get things from.

Connect to ibiblio.org (yes, when you connect to that host with an ftp client, you'll connect to their ftp server)

Once you get connected, in the right pane of your ftp client, double click the pub directory. Within the pub directory, double click Linux, then distributions... and so on. Just as if you are opening folders in Windows explorer until you get to the following path.

ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/dragonlinux/dragonlinux-2.1.0

Download your chosen file from that directory. (e.g. dragonlinux-2.1.0.full.zip)

Make sure that your ftp client is set to Binary for the transfer (should be by default)

Grogan

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

            
flatcatSun Dec-16-01 02:27 AM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#10. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to Grogan (Reply # 9)


          

Where do I put the address in the ftp client? I put it in the host add. line of the sessions property box and nothing. I put it in at the top of the right pane and nothing. I'm sure this is exasperating for you, but its twice as much so for me.
Thanks for bearing with me.

flatcat

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

                
flatcatSun Dec-16-01 03:32 AM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#11. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to flatcat (Reply # 10)


          

Grogan
Forget last message I have it all set up, but there is nothing for me to click for download. The heading in right pane is pub/Linux/distributions/dragonlinux/dragonlinux-2.1.0/full this is current directory. I made a directory MKD dragonlinux-2.1.0.full.zip but don't know what to do with it. Its in the bottom of screen.

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

                    
GroganSun Dec-16-01 03:47 AM
Charter member
20650 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#12. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to flatcat (Reply # 11)
Sun Dec-16-01 03:48 AM

  

          

Ok, this of course isn't the same ftp client but it looks similar. Don't worry about what's on the left pane, that's just my home directory. Whatever directory is selected and displayed on the left side (the local side... your computer) is where the file will be saved to, when you click the download arrow.


Grogan

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

                        
flatcatSun Dec-16-01 03:57 AM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#13. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to Grogan (Reply # 12)


          

Grogan
I had to type the name of the file and add .zip to it in the top of the right side, but there is still nowhere to click on download.
flatcat

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

                            
flatcatSun Dec-16-01 04:23 AM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#14. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to flatcat (Reply # 13)


          

Grogan
Okay I found the arrow (which is to start the D/L), but when I click it I'm supposed to type the name of a file to D/L to, but when I do, it just says no such directory.

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

                                
GroganSun Dec-16-01 04:45 AM
Charter member
20650 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#15. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to flatcat (Reply # 14)


  

          

I don't understand. The way ws_ftp works is, whatever directory is being displayed on the left side is where the selected file gets downloaded to. You shouldn't have to type in a destination.

Grogan

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

                                    
flatcatSun Dec-16-01 04:55 AM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#16. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to Grogan (Reply # 15)


          

In the top of the left pane is C:\Program Files-When I click the arrow pointing to the left pane a box comes up asking for a file to send the D/L to. When I type C:\Program Files, I've tried the same by adding \accessories, it says there is no such file. Also, there was no .zip file listed in the dragon ditros list, so the file to be downloaded does not end with.zip

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

                                        
GroganSun Dec-16-01 05:43 AM
Charter member
20650 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#17. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to flatcat (Reply # 16)


  

          

Create a folder on your C: drive called download. Open ws_ftp and connect to the ibiblio.org site. Now, in the left pane, browse for the c:\download folder you created and double click it to enter it.

In the right pane, browse to the directory that contains the zip file you want to download. Click on it once to select it. Now, click the <- arrow between the two panes, to download the file to c:\download

Grogan

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

                                            
flatcatSun Dec-16-01 05:57 AM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#18. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to Grogan (Reply # 17)


          

Grogan
There is no directory that contains a zip file for dragonlinux.

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

                                                
GroganSun Dec-16-01 06:02 AM
Charter member
20650 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#19. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to flatcat (Reply # 18)


  

          

There most certainly is, it is there on the server. I just connected again... it's still there.

On your end, it doesn't really matter where you save the file for now. Just get it downloaded.

Grogan

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

                                                    
flatcatSun Dec-16-01 06:06 AM
Charter member
241 posts
Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
#20. "RE: freshdownload-resume not supported"
In response to Grogan (Reply # 19)


          

Okay thanks Grogan, you went beyond the call on this and I do appreciate it. Let me see what I can do to get it started.

flatcat

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | | Top

Top The PC Q&A Forum The Computer Forum topic #1451 Previous topic | Next topic
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.27
Copyright 1997-2003 DCScripts.com
Home
Links
About PCQandA
Link To Us
Support PCQandA
Privacy Policy
In Memoriam
Acceptable Use Policy

Have a question or problem regarding this forum? Check here for the answer.