[Mailinglist] pausing & resuming Wget for downloading ISOs

[BKR]

maybe the server does not support resuming?

Brijesh

On 10/1/07, Zaheer Mohamed Kozhakkaniyil <zaheermk at email.com> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
>     I am trying to download some ISOs using Wget (version 1.10.x)... I
> downloaded around 3 - 4 times, the same distro ISO (& a different distro)
> from different sites. And after downloding, burnt it (tried both Nautilus CD
> Burner & Brasero alternatively in OpenSuse 10.1 & Dreamlinux 2.2respectively).
> The system does detect the CD and starts to boot from it ... but halts in
> the loading of the kernel / initializing during booting.
>
>     Now, the problem could (or would) be, because I am stopping Wget, by
> Ctrl-C, when I leave every morning for office (I usually unplug the monitor
> and leave the system ON overnight for downloading) and resume it after I
> reach back home. But sadly, none of these ISO downloads have returned me a
> successful result. I also tried Ctrl-Z for stopping Wget (which 'seems' to
> be the right way to pause Wget), but even that is giving the same result.
>
>     So... could somebody tell me the correct way to pause Wget when
> downloading big ISOs? My case is, I would have to pause the download in
> between and then resume later. Or is Wget not suitable for this sort of
> activity? I've searched & read some help / info / manuals on Wget, but none
> of them seems to give a specific reply to this issue. Even now, I am
> parallely trying to get more info on Wget.
>
>     The syntax which I used is given below:
>
> wget -c http://linorg.usp.br/iso/dreamlinux/DL_2.2_070701MMGL_en.iso -O
> /mnt/hda8/Distros/DL22GL.iso
>
>
> Zaheer M K
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