[FIXED] VirtualBox 4.2.18 download for Windows is broken
Posted: 6. Sep 2013, 18:23
End user forums for VirtualBox
https://forums.virtualbox.org/
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wget --spider http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.18/VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2013-09-06 23:11:12-- http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.18/VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe
Resolving download.virtualbox.org (download.virtualbox.org)... 137.254.120.26
Connecting to download.virtualbox.org (download.virtualbox.org)|137.254.120.26|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.2.18/VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe [following]
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2013-09-06 23:11:13-- http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.2.18/VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe
Resolving dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net (dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net)... 87.245.200.26, 87.245.200.34
Connecting to dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net (dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net)|87.245.200.26|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 22642688 (22M) [application/octet-stream]
Remote file exists.Judging from the file timestamp it was uploaded a long time ago, which is quite puzzling.Ramshankar wrote:Early bird catches the bug?
I think we're still uploading all the builds.
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HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.2.18/VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe [following]
--2013-09-07 00:45:05-- http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.2.18/VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe
Resolving dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net (dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net)... 92.122.190.97, 92.122.190.115
Connecting to dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net (dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net)|92.122.190.97|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 22642688 (22M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe’
Yes. That trick did it.Use any available US proxies to solve this issue - it seems like Oracle's European mirrors are broken.
What is your problem?birdie wrote:Hey!
Yes, but unfortunately it's not fast. We have very little control over the CDN.cthart wrote:Sorry if I'm going to sound just as grumpy as everyone else above, but is someone even doing something about this?
If you can't wait a day for a maintenance release that probably doesn't do anything for you, please do!I guess I need to go to VMware or something instead.