Crappy filesystem/OS.. Working around. :-(

[Andrius]

Binary package hint: axel

axel http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/debian-cd/4.0_r3/mips/iso-dvd/debian-40r3-mips-DVD-1.iso
Initializing download: http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/debian-cd/4.0_r3/mips/iso-dvd/debian-40r3-mips-DVD-1.iso
File size: -2147483648 bytes
Opening output file debian-40r3-mips-DVD-1.iso
Crappy filesystem/OS.. Working around. :-(
Starting download

pthread error!!!

Downloaded 0 bytes in 43 seconds. (0.00 KB/s)

ii axel 1.0b-3 A light download accelerator - Console version

cat /etc/debian_version
lenny/sid

[Marcus Asshauer (mcas)]

Thank you for reporting this bug. Please add you ubuntu version (lsb_release -a) and the output of apt-cache policy axel

[Andrius (andrius-andrius)]

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy

apt-cache policy axel
axel:
  Installed: 1.0b-3
  Candidate: 1.0b-3
  Version table:
 *** 1.0b-3 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Y Giridhar Appaji Nag (appaji)]

Released version of Axel don't have Large File Support yet. You could try using the version in SVN that has the fix for this.

[wanjie.info (webmaster-wanjie)]

 axel -n 2 http://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/ubuntu/releases/intrepid/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso
.Initializing download: http://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/ubuntu/releases/intrepid/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso
File size: 732766208 bytes
Opening output file ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso
State file found: 340499749 bytes downloaded, 392266459 to go.
Starting download
...
....
[ 46%] .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 234.1KB/s]
[ 46%] .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 234.3KB/s]
[ 46%] .......... .........
pthread error!!!

Downloaded 29.7 megabytes in 2:09 seconds. (234.31 KB/s)

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daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ apt-cache policy axel
axel:
  Installed：1.1-3
  Candidate：1.1-3
  Version table：
 *** 1.1-3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[wanjie.info (webmaster-wanjie)]

Axel 2.0 has been release with support for downloading large files (LFS)
http://alioth.debian.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=2842

Posted By: Y Giridhar Appaji Nag
Date: 2008-09-12 12:00
Summary: Axel 2.0 LFS release
Project: Axel Download Accelerator

Axel 2.0 has been release with support for downloading large files (LFS), adding custom headers. Multiple bugs have been fixed.

Tarballs can be downloaded from the file section.

I will try later.:)

[Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount)]

Marking as fix released as 2.4 has been in Ubuntu since Lucid.