Re: gnome-list Digest, Vol 64, Issue 10 Item 1

[Desmond Armstrong <desmond armstrong gmail com>]

>    1. Gwget reports wrong total file size for DVD ISO download
>       (Jay Mistry)
>    2. Remote Sata Source for Seahorse Encryption Key Manager?
>       (Terry Carmen)
>
>
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> I am using gwget (GUI front-end to wget for GNOME) to download the oS
> 11.2 M6 DVD ISO from
> <http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.2-Milestone6/iso/>.
> The file size reported at the FTP server is 4.3 GB [1]. But gwget
> shows the Total Size as 313572 kB (313.572 MB). [2]
>
> Is there a problem with gwget that reports a wrong file size;  also
> any other suggestions for large file d/l other than gwget ?
> (I read earlier that Firefox could not handle file size downloads > 4
> GB; is this still true for FF 3.0.13 ?)
>
> Jay
>   

My understanding is that this 4GB limit is a function of Microsoft and 
does not apply with Unix or with Linux. I also understand that it is a 
function of FAT32 and may not apply with NTFS.

I have also checked my copy of Suse 11.1 iso and it is 4.2GB.