Re: Oracle Technet sloooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww.......

You could try to use Go!zilla to download it (superb program). It just keeps going till it's finished. You can also stop a download and then go back to it at another time or leave it running overnight.

Ed.

Xiaopong Tran wrote:
>
> Yeah, thanks for reminding me. I have 2 weeks for
> the project, and it would take 4 weeks to get the
> CD.
>
> Xiaopong
>
> Norris wrote:
> >
> > If you want fast oracle, you can order a CD
> >
> > Xiaopong Tran <xtran_at_chuckwallainc.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
 

> > > I have always known that Oracle Technet is kinda
> > > slow, so I've not accessed for a long time.
> > > But recently I'm working on a prototype project
> > > that requires a big gun DB, so I think maybe
> > > I can download Oracle for Linux from Technet.
> > > Have been trying for two days, and finally,
> > > got my ftp session. But it's downloading at
> > > 2K/sec..... we have a T1 connection for only
> > > 50 people, for god sake! Download from Sun site
> > > is around 150-200K/sec.
 

> > > The nasty thing is that Netscape hangs after
> > > 6 hours of downloading.... :( and now, I've
> > > just wasted two days and 6 hours!
 

> > > Anyone knows of any Oracle mirror site where
> > > I can get the Oracle for Linux?
 

> > > Ah well, maybe I should just use Sybase or DB2...
 

> > > Xiaopong
> >
> > --
> > http://www.cooper.com.hk
Received on Sat Jun 03 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT