FC4 release notes state in 5. Installation-Related Notes "If you intend to download the Fedora Core 4 DVD ISO image, keep in mind that not all file downloading tools can accommodate files larger than 2GB in size. For example, wget will exit with a File size limit exceeded error." It may be noted that users of an up to date FC2 or an FC3 system have a wget on their system which is able to handle files of >= 2GB size. wget on FC1 lacks LFS support.
FC5 release notes now say: If you intend to download the Fedora Core 5 DVD ISO image, keep in mind that not all file downloading tools can accommodate files larger than 2GB in size. wget 1.9.1-16 and above, curl and ncftpget do not have this limitation, and can successfully download files larger than 2GB. I think it is ok to close the ticket as solved.
Created attachment 153255 [details] Bug 162833