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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:46:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Elvin Peterson <elvin_peterson AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: setup reget
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--- Brian Dessent wrote:
> Elvin Peterson wrote:
> 
> >   The Cygwin setup program setup.exe does not seem
> to
> > handle partial downloads of files.  I have
> downloads
> > interrupted in the middle of a large package like
> > X11-fonts and the next time it starts from
> scratch.
> > Is this behavior expected?  Or is it just a bug in
> my
> > install?  Since almost all web and ftp servers
> support
> > the REGET option shouldn't it be the default?
> 
> Try selecting "Use IE5 settings" instead of "Direct
> Connection".  I'm
> not sure it will matter but I think if you do it
> that way it will use
> the IE methods instead of the built-in ones for
> downloading, which may
> support resuming.
> 

I think that is for proxy configuration, if it has
been setup.  I haven't used IE in a long time, but it
didn't have the reget option by default.


	
		
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