It would be VERY NICE is Livingston at least posted the checksums of the
file
I now use FTP for all downloads.
Samudra E Haque wrote:
>
> Is it just me, or have any of you noticed that when downloading the binary
> files off of ftp.livingston.com (say ComOS images, Tech Notes, etc.) that
> unlike most other sites, (from within Netscape 4.04) no indication is
> received of the percentage of bytes transfered, or how many bytes have
> been sent down the computer so far.
>
> Is this something that has been set on that server to NOT report the file
> transfer sizes ? Also, on the web page it would be REAL nice to have some
> sort of clue as to what the sizes of the files should be when they are
> finally downloaded, otherwise perhaps the file would only be half
> downloaded and we wouldn't know it!
>
> (maybe this is already mentioned in the tech notes .. but how would I know
> that the technotes have been "fully" downloaded before I read 'em?
>
> Question: How difficult is it to setup a mirror site ? I'd like to
> volunteer to run a mirror site in this country.. who would I need to get
> permission from ?
>
> -samudra/bangladesh
>
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