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08-08-2008, 11:23 PM | #31 |
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You did a wonderful job, the only problem I see is 80 files cannot be copied or moved due to being over the character limit for names. They delete ok, but they had to be left out of my final copy.
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08-09-2008, 02:15 PM | #32 |
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Yes, the script flaked out on the filename once in a blue moon. And of course my filesystem is JFS and not NTFS which is why I hadn't caught it. I found most of them, but on 11,000 files...
Anyway, have fun with it. 89 complete copies distributed, and over 85 Gb transferred on my end. Bittorrent rocks as a distribution mechanism (in traditional one-on-one transfer I would have transferred over 658,6 Gb to get 89 distributed copies out there) |
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08-10-2008, 03:42 AM | #33 |
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It really is amazing.
The formatting is perfect, very readable. I think this one release may swing a lot of people to the Sony reader and BBeb format. |
08-16-2008, 02:37 PM | #34 |
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How do I download just one of the 32 .rar files without re-downloading the entire torrent?
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08-16-2008, 03:17 PM | #35 |
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Just do a download like you did before. it will check the files you have and anything not the same or missing will be redownloaded. of course, you have to point the torrent to the exact same place you did originally.
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08-16-2008, 09:04 PM | #36 |
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or if you are using something like uTorrent it allows you to download just one or a few of the files that are in a torrent, if you know which ones you want.
in uTorrent just un tick the ones you don't want to download. I believe most other torrent clients allow you to do something similar. Problems only occur when the whole torrent is in one single file. In case like that pointing it towards the previously downloaded files does help a lot. |
08-18-2008, 07:29 PM | #37 |
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hi folks, I'm very new here and think I've stumbled across a foreign language thread. Has anyone got the patience to explain "torrent" to me and guide me through downloading this mammoth collection - I'm waiting for my Sony PRS505 to arrive and am currenlty sourcing as many books as I can in readiness. This collection sounds like it will do it all in one go - but I have no idea what half the thread is talking about!
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08-19-2008, 01:37 AM | #38 |
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General description of bittorrent protocol. About.com help file on using bittorrent. Quick-start guide. Another HOWTO. Huge FAQ-file.
Read that, and you'll be a bittorrent-techie in no time Oh, and once you are up to date and have the client installed, you will want to grab the torrentfile itself. NOTE TO MODS - as we have established earlier in this thread I didn't grab any of the still-in-copyright works. NOTE TO EVERYONE ELSE: depending on the copyright laws in your country, some of these works may still be in copyright. In general, if your country has life+70 copyright you should be fine. Last edited by acidzebra; 08-19-2008 at 01:46 AM. |
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eek - thanks! I need a week at home now to read, digest and try out the guidance!
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08-21-2008, 07:32 AM | #40 |
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Hmmm... I have downloaded the 1st .rar file and Winzip tells me it can't read the headers and comes up blank. I have used Bitorrent many times before as well as Winzip on .rar files so I am wondering what is amiss here? Any suggestions?
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08-21-2008, 08:00 AM | #41 |
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I didn't know winzip does .rar too, but either your download was corrupted in some way or something else went wrong. You could try installing tugzip and opening the archive again, or re-download the file.
I archived the files on my linux box but have since successfully opened on a windows machine. |
08-21-2008, 08:54 AM | #42 |
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Use Winrar or 7-Zip for rar files. I really doubt Winzip can handle them.
Edit: I take that back, apparently RAR support was added in the version 11. |
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