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[GH-ISSUE #6711] Can I stop then start a "pull" when the LLM is not completely downloaded? #29987

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opened 2026-04-22 09:23:09 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 3 comments
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-22 09:23:09 -05:00
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Originally created by @bulrush15 on GitHub (Sep 9, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/6711

What is the issue?

I'm on Windows 11 with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 video card. I've already used ollama with a smaller LLM that I pulled. I started a pull of a large LLM, mistral-large. It seems it would take 3 hours on my PC and it's really slowing down my network. So I stopped the download/pull.

  1. If I restart the pull will Ollama save the contents that were already downloaded?
  2. Or do I have to start the pull from the beginning again?
  3. Do I have to delete the downloaded portion of the LLM first before restarting the pull?

Thanks.

OS

Windows

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Nvidia

CPU

AMD

Ollama version

0.3.9

Originally created by @bulrush15 on GitHub (Sep 9, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/6711 ### What is the issue? I'm on Windows 11 with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 video card. I've already used ollama with a smaller LLM that I pulled. I started a pull of a large LLM, mistral-large. It seems it would take 3 hours on my PC and it's really slowing down my network. So I stopped the download/pull. 1. If I restart the pull will Ollama save the contents that were already downloaded? 2. Or do I have to start the pull from the beginning again? 3. Do I have to delete the downloaded portion of the LLM first before restarting the pull? Thanks. ### OS Windows ### GPU Nvidia ### CPU AMD ### Ollama version 0.3.9
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GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-22 09:23:11 -05:00
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2024):

It depends on how you stopped ollama. If you interrupted the client (^C on Linux, maybe the same for windows), ollama should detect the previously downloaded shards and resume pulling just the missing shards. If you stopped the server, then when it restarted it will have done a cleanup of the model area and deleted the shards, so re-pulling will download everything.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2337984002 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2024): It depends on how you stopped ollama. If you interrupted the client (^C on Linux, maybe the same for windows), ollama should detect the previously downloaded shards and resume pulling just the missing shards. If you stopped the server, then when it restarted it will have done a cleanup of the model area and deleted the shards, so re-pulling will download everything.
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-22 09:23:11 -05:00
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@bulrush15 commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2024):

Yes, I stopped the program in cmd.exe with CTRL-C. I did not reboot my pc or stop the ollama server in my systray either.

Thank you. I will consider this closed.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2338206508 --> @bulrush15 commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2024): Yes, I stopped the program in cmd.exe with CTRL-C. I did not reboot my pc or stop the ollama server in my systray either. Thank you. I will consider this closed.
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-22 09:23:12 -05:00
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@bulrush15 commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2024):

I'm closing this issue.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2338207692 --> @bulrush15 commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2024): I'm closing this issue.
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