Hi CHARLES.

16-Dec-03 20:06:00, CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE


 CA> 1237e186abac tech

 CA> Hello Wayne -

 CA>>> The relevance (for me) is when Linux (for instance) makes 700
 CA>>> meg ISO image files available for download and thinks they are
 CA>>> doing everyone a huge favor. :-\

 CA> --8<--cut

 CA>>> If Linux 'distros' were offered as 40meg chunks to be
 CA>>> reassembled into an ISO image file once they were downloaded
 CA>>> there _might_ be more Linux users than there are now. Mabye not,
 CA>>> but it's worth a try IMO.

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

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

it's possible to combione pieces one at a time

( in dos you do "copy /B BASEFILE + ADDITION"
  in *nix "cat addition >> basefile" )

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

 -=> Bye <=-

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