geez...it looks to me,,,if I'm using md5sum.exe correctly.. that the number in the file called: md5sums.91.asc is not the same as the file downloaded... this is ridiculous...that mandrake would allow mirrors that would mess up there files...like this... geez, doesn't mandrake check these mirrors at all? to make sure things like this doesn't happen? boy you mean I have to keep downloading the same file off numerous mirrors till one checks out...finally... that's stupid.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Meyer Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 4:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs On Saturday 31 May 2003 12:37 pm, KVPSTAFF wrote: > I have tried to download the 2nd CD iso of 9.1 > > on the ftp server, of all the mirros.. > the file size says: 649.72mg > > but after you finish downloading the file... > the size is not that, BUT:667.723mg > > after, the which...when i try to burn the file.. > I've messed up 4 CD's in trying to get it on the CD. > it gets half-way thru...and spits out the CD and gives me an error > about incorrect size or something like that. > > I'm using Nero 5.5 I've already burned the first CD... > with no problem...why am i having such a hard time with the 2nd iso? > First, it is quite possible that the cd size would show something bigger if it is using 1000K per MB instead of the proper 1024. Second, to make sure the iso is good before you try to download it again, there is a file on the mirror called md5sum. in there is a checksum from a program called md5sum. You can get a copy of this utility free on the Internet and use it against your iso. then compare the output from your iso to the file from the mirro. If they match, your iso is good. If they don't, you need to get a new copy of the iso. If you were already running linux, there is a utility called rsync which you can use to only download the part of the iso that is bad, but I don't think there is a windows version available, but I may be wrong. -- Greg
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