Downloading .debs and .dsl's become stalled

Forum: DSL Embedded
Topic: Downloading .debs and .dsl's become stalled
started by: DSLfan_995

Posted by DSLfan_995 on Nov. 07 2006,00:43

I've tried to download some file i want like Open Office and FreeX86 (or what ever its called) to make my DSL more productive. How ever, when I try to download them, they download for a while but then they become "stalled" and won't do anything. Any thing i can do to fix this?

Posted by roberts on Nov. 07 2006,01:10

If you are using DSL embedded, ie., Qemu virtual machine, you could be out of ram space. Those are very large apps. If ram space is not the issue and network is, then choose another mirror for downloads. See DSLpanel->Select Mirror. Becareful with Qemu, you are juggling many things Windows, Qemu virtual machine, DSL, and large extensions and limited access to real devices.

Posted by DSLfan_995 on Nov. 08 2006,01:18

is there a way to redirect the downloads to a diffrent place so that it dosn't use RAM?

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Nov. 10 2006,15:35

Save it to a permanent media location - whether that be a virtual disk image, or a writable drive that's passed to qemu.

Posted by sai_rabbit on Nov. 14 2006,13:36

open the dsl control panel select mirrors and change the protocal to ftp...don't know why but it works

Posted by rastadoof on Nov. 26 2006,23:10

Quote (sai_rabbit @ Nov. 14 2006,08:36)

open the dsl control panel select mirrors and change the protocal to ftp...don't know why but it works

Yup that work's