Problem using zsync

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:00:29 -0700
John Kim <johnkim.ubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello QA Team,
> 
> I want to use zsync.  After browsing the web for some more information, I
> understood that the iso file must be in the harddrive, namely the home
> folder, for zsync to work.  So I placed a recently downloaded quantal image
> on my home folder and copy-pasted the command.  But this came out as my
> output.
> 
> john at thunderbolt:~$ zsync
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20120819/quantal-desktop-amd64.iso.zsync
> cdimage.ubuntu.com: Connection timed out
> failed on url
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20120819/quantal-desktop-amd64.iso.zsync
> could not read control file from URL
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20120819/quantal-desktop-amd64.iso.zsync
> john at thunderbolt:~$
> 
> It failed to "read control file." What have I done wrong?  How can I make
> zsync work? Thanks.
> 

The quantal-desktop-amd64.iso file must be in the directory you are
downloading to, which is not always /home/USER. It is possible that the
files on the server were broken at the time, also. 2012-08-18, the
servers were down for while, that would also give this error.

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