Cross-Platform Thingy Download

Cross-Platform Thingy Download Resume downloads even when switching OSes

#1 Allan_Jones.tar.gz

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Posted 06 May 2011 - 03:59 PM

I download a lot of files using Bittorrent in Windows. What I want to see is, even when I boot up in Puppy (or Back|Track, or Ubuntu, or Kanotix), the downloads will resume.
For instance, I have sda1 (C:) for my Windows, sda2 (D:) for my Linux Distros, and sdb1 for all my downloads. Any idea? =)

#2 Cristian

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Posted 06 May 2011 - 08:06 PM

Not possible.

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#3 Allan_Jones.tar.gz

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Posted 07 May 2011 - 04:58 AM

Mmm... Maybe I'm looking for an open source torrent downloader. =/ ... but I think it's possible.
Look, for instance I'm downloading "Hello_World-x1.000.tar.gz" using Windows and it's 35% done. When I boot up Ubuntu, the download will resume. To resolve this, let's make a file that will contain all the information about "Hello_World-x1.000.tar.gz", say its "Hello_World-x1.000.tar.!bti" (or something else). Before downloading the "Hello_World-x1.000.tar.gz", Bittorrent will check first the "Hello_World-x1.000.tar.!bti". Is that simple? got the point? =)

#4 Harold Feit

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Posted 07 May 2011 - 11:13 AM

Nazmuler77, on 06 May 2011 - 08:06 PM, said:

Not possible.

This is actually incorrect.

The correct answer is:
The procedure to get it to work is complicated.

It requires running clients on both platforms AND making sure to re-check the download before starting EVERY time.

#5 Allan_Jones.tar.gz

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Posted 07 May 2011 - 04:16 PM

Mmm... so you're saying that this will not be implemented sooner? Or, maybe implemented after some couple of years?
But at least we got a proof of concept. =)