aria2 is a download utility with resuming and segmented downloading.

Using the makefile aria2.mak.

I successfully ported aria2 to Windows using the Debian MinGW cross-compiler. While aria2 compiles under native MinGW and Cygwin, the resultant executable is buggy, and numerous unit tests fail.

Update: I installed gcc 4.3.0 in MinGW using get_mingw.cmd and am now able to produce working binaries in my Windows environment. This leads me to believe that gcc 3.4.5 is not reliable under MinGW.

Version 0.13.2+1

Please see the README file here.
The binary is available on SourceForge.net and here.

Version 0.13.0

Please see the README file here.
The binary is available on SourceForge.net and here.

Version 0.12.0

Please see the README file here.
The binary is available on SourceForge.net and here.

Version 0.11.5

Please see the README file here.
The binary is available on SourceForge.net and here.

Version 0.11.4

Please see the README file here.
The binary is available on SourceForge.net and here.

Version 0.11.3-1

Please see the README file here.
The binary is available on SourceForge.net
and here.

Version 0.11.3

Please see the README file here.
The binary is available on SourceForge.net and here.

Version 0.11.2

Please see the README file here.
The binary is available here. Update: this release fixes the torrent download issue with the original 0.11.2 MinGW release.

Version 0.11.1+1

The binary is available here.

Version 0.11.0

The binary is available here.

Version 0.10.2+1

The binary is available here.

Please note that while the developer states in the README file: "aria2 is in very early development stage", I've successfully downloaded using the following methods:

• HTTPS
• HTTP
• FTP
• Local metalinks
• Remote metalinks
• Local torrents
• Remote torrents

I'm aware of the following issues:

• Azureus is much faster than aria2 on my system. Initially, I thought this was due to my firewall blocking incoming UDP traffic. As aria2 only uses TCP and not UDP sockets, this does not appear to be the reason why Azureus is faster. More research is needed.
  
  
• I wasn't able to directly download the metalink http://curl.haxx.se/metalink.cgi?curl=tar.gz. A workaround would be:
  

  aria2c.exe -o local.metalink --follow-metalink=false http://curl.haxx.se/metalink.cgi?curl=tar.gz
  aria2c.exe -M local.metalink
  

The following issues have been fixed:

• Rename bug due to MinGW's rename() not deleting the destination file, if it already exists.
• HTTPS downloads failed prior to version 0.11.1+1.
• Downloads failed at 2GB prior to version 0.11.1+1.
• Due to MinGW's sscanf() function lacking support for the %Ld specifier, files larger than 2147483648 bytes will not download correctly via FTP. This is not an issue for the Cygwin version.
  
  

Here's the included README-win32.txt file:

Details at http://smithii.com/slipstream_xpsp2.

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I've written the batch file xpsp2.cmd (updated 23-Apr-08) to automatically download and slipstream a standard Windows XP boot disk with Service Pack 2 and all post-SP2 security hotfixes.

It uses wget or curl (if either are found in the PATH), or your installed browser to download the updates. I have tested this with Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera. Other browsers should work, as well.

The batch file xpsp2local.cmd (updated 23-Apr-08) will update the copy of Windows XP that is installed on the computer you run the command on. You may wish to do this, if you do not have, or want, the machine you want to hotfix connected to the internet, or if you are unable to run Windows Update for some reason (for example, if Internet Explorer isn't installed, or doesn't work properly, due to a virus or similar mishap).

To slipstream the hotfixes, and burn the slipstreamed disk, I've created the makefile xpsp2.mak (updated 23-Apr-08). Details on usage below.

I wanted a simpler way than OpenVPN to map a Windows drive to a remote system. One method I found is to use ssh (using Cygwin), or putty and forward port 139 to the remote system. In order to do that, we first need to install a "Loopback Adapter" and assign it an arbitrary IP address. Here are the steps involved: