+theblazingangel MVC Posted January 19, 2007 Author MVC Share Posted January 19, 2007 the free hosting rule is really just a loose rule, i'd prefer it if people didn't use them because its not really what the services are intended for, its kind of an abuse of there service to submit them to our large amount of traffic, however i'm not too bothered unless anyone else is. if people don't like it (especially the official mirrors) then speak up or pm/email me and i'll enforce the rule. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588240512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermouse Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 personally, i believe that torrent/emule mirrors may help a lot sometimes. it may decrease the amout of traffic on mirrors (saving bandwith to the main server) and this kind of thing. at very begining, it may save a lot of wasted transfer due corruption caused by overload on server. at the very begining, sometimes you may download something several times and always got an currupted download. if you download 10 times 60mb (by eg), you waste 600mb, instead far less, if you are can download it at once. of course, a mirror at torrent/emule is not suitable in all cases... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588241014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandolas Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 ^ I fully agree with you. I usually share my releases via eMule. It's a good way to spread them. @ parrini: I know people want AutoPatcher in their language, as fast as possible, but my life is not related with computers, so i only spend some of my free time in from of them. I have many things with bigger priority. As i said, i was never intended to release a PTB version, since i don't even have a PTB windows... I don't feel that you or anyone is in debt with me, but you guys can't push me that much. And yes, we accept all the constructive critics. No hard feelings. :) From now on, supermouse will be in charge of the PTB versions, and the team will make the release official. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588241157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 the free hosting rule is really just a loose rule, i'd prefer it if people didn't use them because its not really what the services are intended for, its kind of an abuse of there service to submit them to our large amount of traffic, however i'm not too bothered unless anyone else is. if people don't like it (especially the official mirrors) then speak up or pm/email me and i'll enforce the rule. i wouldn't mind if using free hosting was actually helping but i know for a fact my mirror hasn't been full since i started mirroring (over a year ago) and i'm pretty sure the other mirrors would be in a similar situation so i'd prefer it if places to download were kept to the links in the first post. not only would that keep a single place for links but it'd help stop any corrupt files getting out as there'll be an official record of links Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588241173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted January 19, 2007 Subscriber¹ Share Posted January 19, 2007 Indeed, and bittorrent scales brilliantly - the more users the faster the downloads! That is, of course, if people actually seed... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588241302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermouse Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 yep. but even if they seed for the very beginning, already helps the main mirror. at emule, is another thing. mostly people share things by ages, but it's slower than torrent. anyway, if you have at least 1 copy outside of the main mirror, it helps to spread by another mirrors ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588241323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellobita Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Is there any mirror available for the Jan 2007 Brazilian full release, preferably via BitTorrent? I've just spent a couple of days trying to download it from the LittlBUGer site, without success. I've tried with Firefox 2.0.0.1 and Opera 9.10 (they both time out, usually early in the download); then twice with FlashGet 1.73, even though the site FAQ's advise against using download managers (in this case the download actually completes, but the file itself is corrupted, and each time with a different MD5 checksum) I'm using WinXP SP2 (English version, fully patched, virus & spyware free) on a 2Mbps ADSL link, and regularly manage to download stuff at about 200KBps, with no trouble at all. While I'm at it, and notwithstanding the great job the developers for the Brazilian version are doing (and for which, as an IT consultant in S?o Paulo, I'mvery> grateful), would it be too much to ask you to upload torrents for your releases along with the regular downloadable files? I'm sure most people here (or those from Brazil, at least:))) would be glad to help seed them far and wide... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588244307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermouse Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 cello, sorry, but i'm unable to do that, because i don't have the encripted version myself. and i've tried and i'm really concerned about the waste of bandwith on that mirror. i've trided download that at least a dozen of times, without any kind of firewall enabled, firewall activated, download by IE7 alone, by firefox alone, by opera alone, by getright without any kind of segmentation, but nothing does it download it until the end (and resume doesn't work even for opera download manager). really, there's no need for a fast mirror or something, but resume is a needed thing to not waste the bandwith from server. if is the case, i can let my pc running 24x7 by a long time seeding it. it may not be the best way or the faster one, but at least will not damage the mirror or take unneeded costs. at this way, sounds like a lottery this download Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588244358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandolas Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I'm uploading it right now to Megaupload. If any mirror could help, could you host the Portuguese Brazil version? Please PM me. Thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588244408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellobita Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Just a quick follow-up: tried again (I'm quite stubborn ;)) on another ADSL link, with Ubuntu 6.10 (Linux), and the results were the same... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588244437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellobita Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Gandolas, First of all, thanks a lot for your time and patience. I hope you don't think I'm being ungrateful or anything, but I believe that Megaupload claims to have a limited number of "download slots" for each country, and in order to circumvent that restriction you have to install their "toolbar" on your browser (which I'm reluctant to do, for obvious reasons). Fact is, I've never been able to download anything from them, and fear that this upload - on which you'll spend more time and bandwidth than you already have - is going to be another dead end for us Brazilian users. Another, more resilient and permanent solution is needed, IMHO, so I'm gonna ask again: can you distribute the file via BitTorrent? I'm willing to help you seed it, for the first few days (and I'm sure there are others who'll help, too). Thanks! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588244484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrini Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I'm willing to help you seed it, for the first few days (and I'm sure there are others who'll help, too).Thanks! I'm willing to seed it to, I have a 6Mbps upload link that should help. In fact I only haven`t done it yet because I was having trouble with LittlBUGer too... (er... why are we talking in english here?) :D Jusk kidding... other people should understand what we discuss ... :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588244660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 anyone having problems with autopatcher loading the windows installer on launch? everytime i try and run autopatcher it starts windows installer and wants me to point to the autocad msi installer for some reason, i tried that but it just keeps cycling through installing... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588244676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandolas Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 ^ Yep, that's a known issue... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588244688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittlBUGer Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I apologize everyone for any inconvenience that my mirror might have caused. My server gets very popular around the time when a new AP gets released and even though it's quite powerful, I don't have a fully unmetered 100Mbps line (only 21Mbps) so that may slow things down a bit if there's several hundred people trying to download. Because of this, things go slow and thus sometimes downloads get corrupted. I'm working now with my host to implement a few other optimizations to try and fix this issue as well as upgrading to PHP 5.x, mySQL 5.x, and Apache 2.x to see if that helps at all. I know the files are OK as I always check the MD5 of the files on the server right before I make them public. I will also check out my downloads script to see if there's any strange there too. Thanks for your understanding and again, sorry for the inconvenience. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588245446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrini Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Man, there`s nothing to apologize here! You are doing a great thing mirroring those files and it has been flawless over time. We are trying to start a .torrent to ease things up so you won`t take the full demand. As soon as we get a copy we`ll start the torrent. Hang on! =) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588245481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthyoda6 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I've been having the same problems downloading the english version from his site for a good half the year, and since I'm on dial-up, I've given up, and switched to use torrent without any problems. (esp. for the full 300+mb downloads). Also, speaking of which, If I repackage the Nov. Full + Dec. XP update with Inno, it compress it to 288MB, compared to the original NSIS installers totaling 369 MB. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588246439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandolas Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Brazilian friends, please try using my torrent file (i'm seeding it): http://gandolas.planetaclix.pt/AutoPatcher...ull.exe.torrent Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588247526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddstar Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Updated for January: Dutch Full Torrent: http://autopatcher.scarywater.net/AutoPatc...ULL.exe.torrent Download Link: http://autopatcher.cachefly.net/AutoPatche...07_NLD_FULL.exe MD5: 79ce73c44c894cf34b621dd69183dd2e Bandwidth Provided by http://www.Cachefly.com -AJ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588247563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellobita Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Gandolas, Thanks a bunch! I'm downloading as of this moment, and will keep seeding for as long as I can; I strongly encourage other downloaders who are reading this to do the same. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588248045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrini Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 :star: :star: :star: ATEN??O BRASILEIROS QUE EST?O BAIXANDO O AUTOPATCHER VIA TORRENT: - CONTINUEM SEMEANDO O ARQUIVO DURANTE PELO MENOS O MESMO TEMPO QUE LEVOU PARA FAZER O DOWNLOAD POIS NO MOMENTO N?O TEMOS MIRRORS SUFICIENTES. N?O CUSTA NADA NEM ATRASA NENHUM DOWNLOAD, ? S? DEIXAR O PROGRAMA DE TORRENT ABERTO MAIS ALGUMAS HORAS. SOMENTE ASSIM VAMOS TER UM TORRENT SAUD?VEL, OK? >> sorry english-speaking people, jusk asking for more seeders cuz we don't have enough mirrors =) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588248067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandolas Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Parrini, please remove the Caps lock letters. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588248115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrini Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Sorry for that... I wasn't shouting, but sometimes we need to emphasize the message ;) Ps. That .torrent is going strong, thanks! But I think it's only on DHT because I'm getting a message saying the tracker haven't authorized the torrent. Only people using uTorrent or BitComet (that have DHT) are getting it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588248181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandolas Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I've updated the torrent info (removing the tracker). And yes, it's only DHT (i'm using uTorrent)... As I said, I don't have experience with torrents. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588248285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergiosl Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I've updated the torrent info (removing the tracker).And yes, it's only DHT (i'm using uTorrent)... As I said, I don't have experience with torrents. D'ont worry. Things are going on. Those who are using uTorrent or any other client that runs DHT are downloading and spreading your great job and favour. cumps, A Brastuga ( or a Portuzuca if you so wish) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/530438-autopatcher-xp-january-2007/page/2/#findComment-588248456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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