Repeat question: 11.3 ISO only 49.0Mb?

English Install/Boot/Login
#1

Asked this on Jul 21, and didn’t get any satisfactory answers.
Thought i’d ask again before i switch to Ubuntu or go back to Fedora:

Has anyone gone to software.opensuse.org: Download openSUSE 11.3 and actually chosen “Installation Medium” as “4.7G DVD”, “Direct Link”, “32 bit PC”, hit the “Download DVD” button and gotten the file “openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso” which is not 49.0MB?

I mean, the steps above are not rocket science, and not much chance of making mistakes, so i’m not sure how i can get a download popup which specifies that the file is 49.0MB file, if it’s not actually that size?

Thanks,
Nilesh

#2

Shows ok here. Maybe a bad mirror???

I always use bittorrent.

#3

Thanks - like i said, i’m using the basic “direct link”. i’ll try the BitTorrent (i understand i need to download some other stuff to be able to do that).
But in the meanwhile, has anyone gotten a > 49.0MB file using the “Direct Link”? And i have tried various different mirrors, and they all have the same file.

Thanks again,
Nilesh

#4

Well I tried it here and it shows a 4Gig file down loading. Note I did not download the file completely just let it start.

What are you using to download. It has been reported Windows IE does not handle 4gig files correctly. You might want to try specifying a mirror. You may want to report this but specify your geo-location so the bad mirror can be identified.

#5

nthali wrote:

>
> Asked this on Jul 21, and didn’t get any satisfactory answers.
> Thought i’d ask again before i switch to Ubuntu or go back to Fedora:
>
> Has anyone gone to ‘software.opensuse.org: Download openSUSE 11.3’
> (http://software.opensuse.org/113/en) and actually chosen “Installation
> Medium” as “4.7G DVD”, “Direct Link”, “32 bit PC”, hit the “Download
> DVD” button and gotten the file “openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso” which is
> not 49.0MB?
>
> I mean, the steps above are not rocket science, and not much chance of
> making mistakes, so i’m not sure how i can get a download popup which
> specifies that the file is 49.0MB file, if it’s not actually that size?
>
> Thanks,
> Nilesh
>
>

Download it for example from

ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/

It is fast and reliable.

–
Viljo

#6

It works for me too - I tried now… Might be that the mirror you’re given is faulty… Could you post the complete URL of the download you get while downloading ?

#7

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Ditto here.

Just for the record, I assume this is the previous thread:

http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-help-here/install-boot-login/442632-opensuse-v11-3-iso-image-50mb-only.html

Good luck.

On 08/02/2010 11:06 AM, gogalthorp wrote:
>
> Well I tried it here and it shows a 4Gig file down loading. Note I did
> not download the file completely just let it start.
>
> What are you using to download. It has been reported Windows IE does
> not handle 4gig files correctly. You might want to try specifying a
> mirror. You may want to report this but specify your geo-location so the
> bad mirror can be identified.
>
>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/
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=5asL
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

#8

This is what my system says about my downloaded 11.3 ISO:

-r-------- 1 henk wij 4346398720 jul 15 21:33 openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso

And the checksum is OK :slight_smile:

You fail to tell which download software you use. I used Konqueror to go to the website and choose the bittorrent option. Konqureor let Kget do the bittorrent download. No extra software needed.

#9

Thanks a bunch to everyone who replied:
first the good news: i went gogalthorp’s original way, downloaded BitTorrent and completely my first download successfully.
then some other answers:
this is the only mirror out of the ones i tried that gives me something larger than 49.0MB (i discontinued it at 1.1G, since the bit torrent finished) - it doesn’t specify the size of the file though:
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso

all of the following mirrors are giving me a 49.0MB file:
http://mirror.umoss.org/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
http://ftp.utexas.edu/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
http://mirrors.xmission.com/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
http://mirrors1.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
and several others i’m too lazy to copy and paste here.
I tried all these in FF3.6, since IE has an issue.

if any of you could take the time to try one of these above links, and tell me if you get the right file, at least i’ll be able to determine if this is really some issue with my browser/laptop/etc, or if the mirror is actually serving the wrong file.

Again all your help is much appreciated.
Best,
Nilesh

#10

nthali wrote:
> Has anyone gone to ‘software.opensuse.org: Download openSUSE 11.3’
> (http://software.opensuse.org/113/en) and actually chosen “Installation
> Medium” as “4.7G DVD”, “Direct Link”, “32 bit PC”, hit the “Download
> DVD” button and gotten the file “openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso” which is
> not 49.0MB?

yes, i just shut off the download at 87MB…

–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]

#11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

I’ve just finished testing all four links. All of them report 4+ GB and I
stopped downloading each of them at or above 100 MB (the third one was
REALLY fast… as in, 3 MB/s reliably for the three hundred MB when I
stopped it). Something about your machine/connection/client is probably
still the problem. Glad the torrent option worked for you.

Good luck.

On 08/02/2010 12:36 PM, nthali wrote:
>
> Thanks a bunch to everyone who replied:
> first the good news: i went gogalthorp’s original way, downloaded
> BitTorrent and completely my first download successfully.
> then some other answers:
> this is the only mirror out of the ones i tried that gives me something
> larger than 49.0MB (i discontinued it at 1.1G, since the bit torrent
> finished) - it doesn’t specify the size of the file though:
> http://tinyurl.com/2dgdf69
>
> all of the following mirrors are giving me a 49.0MB file:
> http://tinyurl.com/2auhboc
> http://tinyurl.com/2cl3pya
> http://tinyurl.com/22wqkbd
> http://tinyurl.com/23s3agc
> and several others i’m too lazy to copy and paste here.
> I tried all these in FF3.6, since IE has an issue.
>
> if any of you could take the time to try one of these above links, and
> tell me if you get the right file, at least i’ll be able to determine if
> this is really some issue with my browser/laptop/etc, or if the mirror
> is actually serving the wrong file.
>
> Again all your help is much appreciated.
> Best,
> Nilesh
>
>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/
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=vfia
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

#12

nthali wrote:

>
> Thanks a bunch to everyone who replied:
> first the good news: i went gogalthorp’s original way, downloaded
> BitTorrent and completely my first download successfully.
> then some other answers:
> this is the only mirror out of the ones i tried that gives me something
> larger than 49.0MB (i discontinued it at 1.1G, since the bit torrent
> finished) - it doesn’t specify the size of the file though:
> http://tinyurl.com/2dgdf69
>
> all of the following mirrors are giving me a 49.0MB file:
> http://tinyurl.com/2auhboc
> http://tinyurl.com/2cl3pya
> http://tinyurl.com/22wqkbd
> http://tinyurl.com/23s3agc
> and several others i’m too lazy to copy and paste here.
> I tried all these in FF3.6, since IE has an issue.
>
> if any of you could take the time to try one of these above links, and
> tell me if you get the right file, at least i’ll be able to determine if
> this is really some issue with my browser/laptop/etc, or if the mirror
> is actually serving the wrong file.
>
> Again all your help is much appreciated.
> Best,
> Nilesh
>
>

I tested with Linux FF 3.6.8 first and last tinyurl. Downloaded
both over 500 MB and informed sizes was 4 GB.

–
Viljo

#13

On 2010-08-02 20:36, nthali wrote:
>
> Thanks a bunch to everyone who replied:
> first the good news: i went gogalthorp’s original way, downloaded
> BitTorrent and completely my first download successfully.
> then some other answers:
> this is the only mirror out of the ones i tried that gives me something
> larger than 49.0MB (i discontinued it at 1.1G, since the bit torrent
> finished) - it doesn’t specify the size of the file though:
> http://tinyurl.com/2dgdf69

You have a problem on your side.

Are you on a corporate network? Perhaps there is a proxy, and it cuts short the download. I have
seen it hapening, a site with a corporate antivirus anti-proper download. Or you are a using windows
with some kind of overzealous local protection software.

> all of the following mirrors are giving me a 49.0MB file:
> http://tinyurl.com/2auhboc
> http://tinyurl.com/2cl3pya
> http://tinyurl.com/22wqkbd
> http://tinyurl.com/23s3agc
> and several others i’m too lazy to copy and paste here.
> I tried all these in FF3.6, since IE has an issue.
>
> if any of you could take the time to try one of these above links,

Not unless you provide the long links, sorry.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” GM (Elessar))

#14

–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.32.13-0.4-default
up 1 day 16:59, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.03, 0.00
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 256.35

#15

On 2010-08-02 22:07, malcolmlewis wrote:
> [QUOTE=Carlos E. R.]
> http://tinyurl.com/2dgdf69
> 2dgdf69 ->
> http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso

cer@Elessar:/data/storage_c/tmp> wget
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
–2010-08-03 00:27:22–
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
Resolving www.gtlib.gatech.edu… 128.61.111.9, 128.61.111.10, 128.61.111.11, …
Connecting to www.gtlib.gatech.edu|128.61.111.9|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 301 Moved Permanently
Location: ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
[following]
–2010-08-03 00:27:23–
ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
=> `openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso’
Resolving ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu… 128.61.111.10, 128.61.111.11, 128.61.111.9, …
Connecting to ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu|128.61.111.10|:21… connected.
Logging in as anonymous … Logged in!
==> SYST … done. ==> PWD … done.
==> TYPE I … done. ==> CWD /pub/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso … done.
==> SIZE openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso … 4346398720
==> PASV … done. ==> RETR openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso … done.
Length: 4346398720 (4.0G)

0% ] 351,544 46.9K/s eta 19h 28m ^C

Reported size is 4346398720 bytes.

cer@Elessar:/data/storage_c/tmp> wget
http://mirror.umoss.org/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
–2010-08-03 00:28:38–
http://mirror.umoss.org/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
Resolving mirror.umoss.org… 128.8.235.18
Connecting to mirror.umoss.org|128.8.235.18|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 4346398720 (4.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso.1’

0% ] 370,688 103K/s eta 13h 0m ^C

Reported size is 4346398720.

cer@Elessar:/data/storage_c/tmp> wget
http://ftp.utexas.edu/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
–2010-08-03 00:29:39-- http://ftp.utexas.edu/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
Resolving ftp.utexas.edu… 146.6.54.21
Connecting to ftp.utexas.edu|146.6.54.21|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 4346398720 (4.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso.2’

0% ] 42,885 4.08K/s eta 10d 21h ^C
cer@Elessar:/data/storage_c/tmp>

Reported size is 4346398720. Speed is bad (10 days).

cer@Elessar:/data/storage_c/tmp> wget
http://mirrors.xmission.com/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
–2010-08-03 00:30:57–
http://mirrors.xmission.com/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
Resolving mirrors.xmission.com… 198.60.22.13, 2607:fa18:100:500::13
Connecting to mirrors.xmission.com|198.60.22.13|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 4346398720 (4.0G) [application/x-iso9660-image]
Saving to: `openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso.3’

0% ] 277,426 84.9K/s eta 13h 53m ^C

Reported size is 4346398720 bytes.

cer@Elessar:/data/storage_c/tmp> wget
http://mirrors1.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
–2010-08-03 00:31:40–
http://mirrors1.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
Resolving mirrors1.kernel.org… 149.20.20.135
Connecting to mirrors1.kernel.org|149.20.20.135|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 4346398720 (4.0G) [application/x-iso9660-image]
Saving to: `openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso.4’

0% ] 528,154 103K/s eta 12h 40m ^C

Reported size is 4346398720 bytes.

The problem is on the OP side.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” GM (Elessar))

#16

AS the first poster said, this is not rocket science. I’m using firefox and chrome. I’ve tried several mirrors. I’m using the “direct” link to download the 32 bit DVD by http. Each time, it says it is downloading a 4 gig file but happily reports that it is finished at 49 megs. Go Figure. I took someones advice and ftp’d to a mirror and a download is running now and I believe well past 49 megs. What’s up with the http transfer function?

#17

Are you sure you did not chose the Net-install version? I believe it is about 50 meg.

#18

Yes, I’m sure. I’m looking at teh file it opened to save in my DL directory and it’s named openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso.

Cheers
mtcstle

#19

Have you attempted downloading (via http) a large file from another site ? The original posting mentioned Ubuntu and/or Fedora, so any attempt at download from those sites would most certainly be greater than 49MB. You might also attempt downloading some other .iso from the openSUSE download site.

As for the mirrors, I had some recent problems with ftp.texas.edu. Not a size of transmission, just terribly slow, estimating 3 hours on a 15mbps connection.

#20

Is the filesystem you are saving to a FAT filesystem?