[ubuntu-uk] Idea- Torrents!

[Javad Ayaz]

So any ideas then...to make it work?

On 29/04/2008, Huw Selley <huw at munted.org> wrote:
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> Hi Javed,
>  On 29 Apr 2008, at 12:48, Javad Ayaz wrote:
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>  OK ill try and clarify…a torrent client running in ubuntu e.g Ktorrent. I
> start a torrent. The save location is an external usb hard drive. The
> torrent starts. I happily switch off my pc. The download finishes. I startup
> my pc (whenever)..and download is there.
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> That is not going to work. Something has to run the torrent client for the
> entire time you participate in that torrent.  You will need to (as others
> have suggested) have an external device that you run the torrent client on
> which writes the data somewhere (direct attached storage, nfs mount, smb
> share etc etc).
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>
> Hope this helps
> Huw
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