08-18-2002
there is a free program called FIPS which will repartition your harddrive without damaging any data. you can download fips online,
http://www.igd.fhg.de/~aschaefe/fips/ also you can use the search on this website for more info there is alot about this topic. unix is a generic term, there are alot of different 'variants' of unix. most are based either on system v, or the bsd versions. linux is very good, and so are all of the *bsd's (freebsd openbsd netbsd) try linux.com
netbsd.com
all of the free unix's you can download an ISO image that you can burn onto cd and then boot from that cd, it makes thing real easy to do like that, and if you are on a network you can then specify to download and install the packages for your system via ftp, most of the installs will give you this option.
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AXEL(1) General Commands Manual AXEL(1)
NAME
Axel - A light download accelerator for Linux.
SYNOPSIS
axel [OPTIONS] url1 [url2] [url...]
DESCRIPTION
Axel is a program that downloads a file from a FTP or HTTP server through multiple connection, each connection downloads its own part of
the file.
Unlike most other programs, Axel downloads all the data directly to the destination file, using one single thread. It just saves some time
at the end because the program doesn't have to concatenate all the downloaded parts.
OPTIONS
One argument is required, the URL to the file you want to download. When downloading from FTP, the filename may contain wildcards and the
program will try to resolve the full filename. Multiple URL's can be specified as well and the program will use all those URL's for the
download. Please note that the program does not check whether the files are equal.
Other options:
--max-speed=x, -s x
You can specify a speed (bytes per second) here and Axel will try to keep the average speed around this speed. Useful if you don't
want the program to suck up all of your bandwidth.
--num-connections=x, -n x
You can specify an alternative number of connections here.
--output=x, -o x
Downloaded data will be put in a local file with the same name, unless you specify a different name using this option. You can spec-
ify a directory as well, the program will append the filename.
--search[=x], -S[x]
Axel can do a search for mirrors using the filesearching.com search engine. This search will be done if you use this option. You can
specify how many different mirrors should be used for the download as well.
The search for mirrors can be time-consuming because the program tests every server's speed, and it checks whether the file's still
available.
--no-proxy, -N
Don't use any proxy server to download the file. Not possible when a transparent proxy is active somewhere, of course.
--verbose
If you want to see more status messages, you can use this option. Use it more than once if you want to see more.
--quiet, -q
No output to stdout.
--alternate, -a
This will show an alternate progress indicator. A bar displays the progress and status of the different threads, along with current
speed and an estimate for the remaining download time.
--header=x, -H x
Add an additional HTTP header. This option should be in the form "Header: Value". See RFC 2616 section 4.2 and 14 for details on the
format and standardized headers.
--user-agent=x, -U x
Set the HTTP user agent to use. Some websites serve different content based upon this parameter. The default value will include
"Axel", its version and the platform.
--help, -h
A brief summary of all the options.
--version, -V
Get version information.
NOTE
Long (double dash) options are supported only if your platform knows about the getopt_long call. If it does not (like *BSD), only the short
options can be used.
RETURN VALUE
The program returns 0 when the download was succesful, 1 if something really went wrong and 2 if the download was interrupted. If something
else comes back, it must be a bug..
EXAMPLES
axel ftp://ftp.{be,nl,uk,de}.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2
This will use the Belgian, Dutch, English and German kernel.org mirrors to download a Linux 2.4.17 kernel image.
axel -S4 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2
This will do a search for the linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2 file on filesearching.com and it'll use the four (if possible) fastest mirrors for the
download. (Possibly including ftp.kernel.org)
(Of course, the commands are a single line, but they're too long to fit on one line in this page.)
FILES
/etc/axelrc System-wide configuration file. Note that development versions place this file in /usr/local/etc.
~/.axelrc Personal configuration file
These files are not documented in a man-page, but the example file which comes with the program contains enough information, I hope. The
position of the system-wide configuration file might be different.
COPYRIGHT
Axel is Copyright 2001-2002 Wilmer van der Gaast.
BUGS
Please report bugs at https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?group_id=100070&atid=413085.
AUTHORS
Wilmer van der Gaast. <wilmer@gaast.net>
AXEL(1)