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Hello Jasen - 

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WC>>> There is a utility in Linux to carve up files as you
WC>>> describe, stumbled across it but short on details. I
WC>>> agree the ISO image files ought to be offered in this
WC>>> format. Download, reassemble and away you go! 

CA>> One problem is it would require 1.5+ gig of temp storage
CA>> to download pieces of a 700+ meg file then create a second
CA>> one by combinging the pieces. Would be nice if there was a
CA>> download (modified FTP?) that could combine the pieces as
CA>> they are being transferred. :-) 

JB> it's possible to combione pieces one at a time 

JB> ( in dos you do "copy /B BASEFILE + ADDITION" 

JB> > basefile" ) 

JB> so you'd only need space enough to hold the ISO and the
JB> last part. 

True but I was referring to Linux. It would be much 'nicer' if
the server could slice-n-dice to size and the receiving end
could just combine the pieces as they are downloaded. ;-) 

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