Probelms when downloading large files

vonigol · Postby **vonigol** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:52 am

Hello!

FDM is an excelent tool. However, I cannot download large (2~3 GB) files, for example Fedore Core ISO-image files. FDM reports an error. At the same time I can easily start downloading the same large files through Internet Explorer (that is without FDM). Here is the test link:

http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/f ... 86-DVD.iso

Is it FDM's bug or just a problem with my Internet access?

How to avoid those DFM errors and finally manage to download Fedora Core files with the help of FDM?

Thanks.

Best,
Alex

vonigol · Postby **vonigol** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:04 am

Here is another interesting test case:

http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/fedora/linu ... /i386/iso/

This URL provides links to 2 files. The fisrt one, with the size ~3 GB, cannot be downloaded through FDM. FDM generates an error. The FDM can download the second one, with a size 100MB, without any problems.

IE is able to download both files (without FDM).

Alex

Guest · Postby **Guest** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:54 am

vonigol wrote:Hello!

FDM is an excelent tool. However, I cannot download large (2~3 GB) files, for example Fedore Core ISO-image files. FDM reports an error. At the same time I can easily start downloading the same large files through Internet Explorer (that is without FDM). Here is the test link:

http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/f ... 86-DVD.iso

Is it FDM's bug or just a problem with my Internet access?

How to avoid those DFM errors and finally manage to download Fedora Core files with the help of FDM?

Thanks.

Best,
Alex

Works for me. Using fdm 2.5 737.

kenalan22902 · Postby **kenalan22902** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:03 pm

It seems to be working for me with build 726. I have a cable connection downloading currently at a little less than 500KB/s.

DavidS · Postby **DavidS** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:56 pm

Hi all,

I'm having the same problem - can't download files larger than 2GB in size. I tried build 2.5.745 and new 2.5.747 - both don't work :cry:

Can anyone help please??

Thank you,
David

antini · Postby **antini** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:40 pm

DavidS wrote:I'm having the same problem - can't download files larger than 2GB in size. I tried build 2.5.745 and new 2.5.747 - both don't work

is your local filesystem fat32?

can you provide a URL that doesn't work?

see also http://blogs.sun.com/gaz/entry/breaking ... le_barrier

Guest · Postby **Guest** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:44 pm

It seems to be something to do with HTTPS. Files larger than a couple of gigs fail with the error message "Unknown Network Error" if you download them over secure HTTPS, but work if you use firefox with the same link. FDM works just fine with the same file over unsecure HTTP.

Postby **Alex** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:27 pm

Anonymous wrote:It seems to be something to do with HTTPS. Files larger than a couple of gigs fail with the error message "Unknown Network Error" if you download them over secure HTTPS, but work if you use firefox with the same link. FDM works just fine with the same file over unsecure HTTP.

Can you provide some example?

Probelms when downloading large files

Probelms when downloading large files

More test links

Re: Probelms when downloading large files

Who is online