RedHat Advanced Server update ISO download problem

[kenny chia]

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?

[Arunvijai_4]

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

It will restart where it lost connection.

-Arun

[Nils_9]

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.

[Steven E. Protter]

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

[Morcos]

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

[kenny chia]

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