>Frank,
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>There are 7 (I think) very large downloads, but waiting for the CD takes even longer. I downloaded all of it twice (had a crash) at home. I just kept starting the next segment, and then going to do something else, till it was all done.
>

Do yourself a favor; pick up a copy of GetRight from www.getright.com - it's a neat little file download manager, with automatic restarting, the ability to seek out alternate sites, and to download a file segmented between sites, geting past at least some of the sites that throttle.