Software Download and Installation
1. Download Sector client.
2. Install Sector:
Pre-compiled command ("download" or "download.exe") can be found in ./bin. However, if it is not compatible with your system, follow the instructions below to compile the software.
On Linux: Run the make command: make clean all install. Note that Sector does NOT work with GCC version 3.3. Please use other versions instead. The executable (download) can be found in ./bin directory.
On Windows: Use Visual C++ 7.0 or above to open the project file in ./src and build.
3. To download the data, use the Sector command ./download 206.220.241.80 5000 <file list> <local path>, where <file list> is a text file containing the name of files you want to download (choose one from the DR6 list below), one name per line, and <local path> is the local directory where you want to store your data.
Note:
1. Because the file is large and many public networks have relatively small available bandwidth, sometimes the data transfer may be broken before the file downloading is completed. If this happens, please do NOT delete the incomplete file on the disk; when you restart the downloading, it will automatically continue from the break point.
2. The Sector client does NOT automatically check the MD5 checksum for the downloaded files. Although it is very unlikely that a downloaded file is corrupted, we recommend you check the MD5 checksum by yourself, especially when you plan to serve these files to others.