topic RedHat Advanced Server update ISO download problem in Operating System - Linux

RedHat Advanced Server update ISO download problem

kenny chia — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 03:41:10 GMT

Hi
I have a subscription to RedHat AS and I have been downloading the latest Advance Server ISO images from red hat https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/index.pxt

As the ISO images are 600MB++, I use a download manager so that I can continue the download if it is interrupted.
But recently the red hat server does not support download resume and this has caused some of my large downloads to fail

I used the cURL program recommended by Red Hat, same problem, no download resume

Has anyone encountered this problem? Who should I report this problem to?

Re: RedHat Advanced Server update ISO download problem

Arunvijai_4 — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 03:49:35 GMT

You can use # wget -c https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/index.pxt

It will restart where it lost connection.

-Arun

Re: RedHat Advanced Server update ISO download problem

Nils_9 — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 05:49:50 GMT

I agree with Arunvijai, you should use wget, the -c option is here to continue downloads if they are interrupted.

I always use wget -c to download ISO files.

Re: RedHat Advanced Server update ISO download problem

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 06:41:13 GMT

Yes I have seen this.

There is no fix.

Red Hat Periodically changes the urls so that they don't become publically known allowing the general public to download the ES/AS versions of the software.

Quite annying actually since RH is NOT allowed to charge money for the software. What they do is only provide http/ftp access to those with support agreements.

SEP

Re: RedHat Advanced Server update ISO download problem

Morcos — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:14:58 GMT

Hello,

I've seen it before, you cannot use download manager if so you will get this error "You have attempted to download a file, but the
URL you have used has expired". So try to download the iso image one by one as I did hoping the download not to be failed.

Ziad

Re: RedHat Advanced Server update ISO download problem

kenny chia — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:37:32 GMT

Hi
For the changing URL, I manage to overcome that problem with my download manager. To download a 600MB+ file, what I have done last time is to pause the download for every 200+MB downloaded, refresh the redhat download web page, get the new URL and continue the download with the new URL.

Now this does not work as Red Hat does not support resume anymore