I have been trying for days to download Rescuezilla. The download starts every time but fails. Sometimes after downloading only 100-200 Mb, other times it downloads almost the entire file. Either way, it always fails. I have tried it from Windows, Ubuntu, and Android, using various browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Safari). I have also tried downloading the Jammy version from Github but I ran into the same problem.
Any idea what the problem might be?
Are there another safe mirror sites that I can download from?
Thank you!
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The Rescuezilla ISO images on the website are hosted on GitHub (https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla/releases), which should be fast and reliable.
There's a number of easy alternatives, but I recommend always validating the checksum file when using third-party hosts
You have a few options:
1. Try a download manager client program
2. Download Rescuezilla from a torrent managed by an 3rd party site
3. Download Rescuezilla from a torrent from a 3rd party mirror
Option 1: Download Manager
There are GUI download managers (Motrix appears open-source and popular). The advantage is they typically auto-resume after connection dropouts automatically, and also can download multiple parts of the file simultaneously to better utilize bandwidth.
I like the command-line tool aria2 (can be installed from Ubuntu using apt-get install aria2c) then, from a terminal type aria2 <URL>. The downloads are resumable, and support downloading multiple parts of the file at once but need more complex command-line options like aria2c -c -j 8 -x 8 -s 8 -k 1M <URL>. Quick and easy tool once you get the hang of it!
I went with your aria2 suggestion. It worked like a charm.
Thank you!
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2025-08-08
major geek doest work either
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2025-08-30
MajorGeek gets the file from GitHub also, so that solved nothing. I might have tried about 20 failed downloads; various browsers, various times in the day, various endpoint for my VPN etc. It looks like the browsers have a to short timeout on downloads (from GitHub?), and GitHub is not compatible with their resume.
It's strange though; I only had problem with Rescuezilla. I downloaded other bigger files from GitHub, without problem. I'm building a new Ventoy, and some of the other files was also hosted on GitHub. And the download failed at the same spot in the file; almost to the byte.
I have been trying for days to download Rescuezilla. The download starts every time but fails. Sometimes after downloading only 100-200 Mb, other times it downloads almost the entire file. Either way, it always fails. I have tried it from Windows, Ubuntu, and Android, using various browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Safari). I have also tried downloading the Jammy version from Github but I ran into the same problem.
Any idea what the problem might be?
Are there another safe mirror sites that I can download from?
Thank you!
The Rescuezilla ISO images on the website are hosted on GitHub (https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla/releases), which should be fast and reliable.
There's a number of easy alternatives, but I recommend always validating the checksum file when using third-party hosts
You have a few options:
1. Try a download manager client program
2. Download Rescuezilla from a torrent managed by an 3rd party site
3. Download Rescuezilla from a torrent from a 3rd party mirror
Option 1: Download Manager
There are GUI download managers (Motrix appears open-source and popular). The advantage is they typically auto-resume after connection dropouts automatically, and also can download multiple parts of the file simultaneously to better utilize bandwidth.
I like the command-line tool
aria2(can be installed from Ubuntu usingapt-get install aria2c) then, from a terminal typearia2 <URL>. The downloads are resumable, and support downloading multiple parts of the file at once but need more complex command-line options likearia2c -c -j 8 -x 8 -s 8 -k 1M <URL>. Quick and easy tool once you get the hang of it!Option 2: BitTorrent mirror
Download the ".torrent' file from a BitTorrent tracker: https://linuxtracker.org/index.php?page=downloadcheck&id=6fd19ee0639990cd542894afc29d886e1cfe09fe
(I recommend against using the link currently at https://fosstorrents.com/softwares/rescuezilla/ because it's currently 2.5.0, which is old)
Then open the torrent file in Bittorrent client (such as the simple cross-platform Transmission GTK) and it will download.
BitTorrent also automatically redownload pieces, and is designed to download in small chunks so is very resilient to unreliable connections.
Option 3: HTTP mirror
MajorGeeks hosts Rescuezilla ISO images:
Checksumming
I have validated the Rescuezilla v2.5.1 images linked above using the SHA256 checksum from the official GitHub page:
(notice the "OK" for the noble ISO)
I always recommend validating the checksum for builds from third-party sources, or unreliable connections
Last edit: Rescuezilla 2024-10-24
I went with your aria2 suggestion. It worked like a charm.
Thank you!
major geek doest work either
MajorGeek gets the file from GitHub also, so that solved nothing. I might have tried about 20 failed downloads; various browsers, various times in the day, various endpoint for my VPN etc. It looks like the browsers have a to short timeout on downloads (from GitHub?), and GitHub is not compatible with their resume.
It's strange though; I only had problem with Rescuezilla. I downloaded other bigger files from GitHub, without problem. I'm building a new Ventoy, and some of the other files was also hosted on GitHub. And the download failed at the same spot in the file; almost to the byte.
Free Download Manager solved it. I used the portable version from Portable Apps.
https://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
https://portableapps.com/
Hope this helps some others saving time.