[WBEL-devel] Stuck BT

[h.stilmack@jach.hawaii.edu]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:46:35 -0600
Jamey Fletcher <jamey@beau.org> wrote:

> *GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*
> 
> Ok, I restarted the client a half-hour or so ago - so hopefully it'll 
> finish up - in part to bump up the maximum transfer rate from here.
> 
> This is one of the potential problems, I think, with BitTorrent - it 
> hands out its pieces randomly, so there's a possibility that even with 
> more than twice the size of the file handed out by the original seed, it 
> might not have handed out the *complete* file once.
> 
> I think the client should make sure *EVERY* piece it has is handed out
> before starting to repeat...  There's supposed to be a tool out that 
> will tell you how many complete copies not only have been handed out, 
> but also how many complete copies exist as the union of some of the 
> partial downloads.
> 
> This can just be *SOOOOO* much fun!
> 
> As for the wrong MD5s, I have *NO* clue!  The BitTorrent I made verifies 
> against the local copy I have here, coming via NFS from the same file as 
> the mirrors rsync from.
> 
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I've seen the same "stuck" BT behaviour, too - and my .iso #3 is also screwed up. Apologies to anyone who has tried to download it - I'm doing a manual rsync now, and will restart a torrent seed as soon as I have everything right.


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