Yeah it was very helpful. Thank you, very much.
-s
On Monday 23 April 2001 07:12 am, you wrote:
> s,
>
> It sounds like there is a good chance you have a bad iso (because of
> your problems with reinstalling).
>
> When I downloaded mandrakefreq-i586-20010316.iso, there was another file
> named mandrakefreq.md5sum. That second file is a text file containing
> the md5sum for the iso. Run the command md5sum on the iso file (which
> it sounds like you already did), then compare the results to the
> contents of the md5sum in the text file. If they match, you almost
> certainly got a correct download, if they don't match there are errors
> in the iso.
>
> You don't have to repeat the download, you can use the rsync command to
> correct the iso. I will forward to this list a note I sent to the rsync
> and expert list which describes how I used rsync for the same purpose.
> You will have to revise the commands appropriately for the iso file you
> are trying to get, the server you are using, and the location of the
> file on the server. If you have trouble let me know -- there are a few
> variations to the rsync command -- the :: (double colon variation) might
> not work on the server you try to use (and rsync might not even be
> supported on your server). If you use a server that requires a
> variation of rsync, I'd like to try it myself as a learning experience.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Randy Kramer
>
