On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:57:57 -0700, you wrote:

I have been having some challenges downloading large files such as DVD iso > 2 GB. Using Firefox is almost an invitation to disaster although I have been succesful on some and this isn't a 2.1 GB file size limitation. I check all downloads against the published MD5SUM from the download source. I usually have to fall back to using wget and getting the file download that way, which works. The other issue I am seeing is that on downloads from SMB sources (another Linux box samba share) using konquerer, the file will download to 100% and never finish, just sits there at 100%, not on all DVD iso's but some. In those cases, I have resorted to an FTP get which works without fail. Note, that I am able to work around the problems but the work around takes a bit more effort (and time) to implement. This is all on SuSE 10.0 Retail. Anyone else noticed these problems or have any suggestions?

TIA

Clint

I've had unusual problems with large (multi-gig) file transfers on SMB - the problem was not repeatable on NFS between the same systems and hardware. Upgrading to the latest (not from SuSE, from Samba.org) seems to have solved that. From your symptoms, I think I'd look at my NIC first, or possibly an IRQ problem in that system - sounds almost like flow control over/under runs in a buffer. If you don't understand what that means, ask. (Not to be insulting - I don't recognize your name offhand, so I don't know if you're a newbie or not). Mike- -- Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments.