I don't have any suggestions on troubleshooting your cable modem, but a suggestion -- why don't you use rsync to try to correct the downloaded iso rather than repeating the entire download. If you need help setting it up, write back with the URL of the mirror you use (and ideally, the complete path to the iso you're trying to download). rsync cuts down on bandwidth usage which speeds up your transfer and reduces bandwidth usage on the Internet. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer bascule wrote: > > hi folks, > this is more of a hardware/general computer problem, but it's affecting > my ability to get linux back after i decided to do a major restucturing > of my system! > > i have an odd enquiry, i have just had a cable modem installed (ntl - > uk) and went straight to download lm 8.0. i have had to download each > iso about 5 times to get ones that didn't fail the md5sum and i am still > downloading the -ext.iso now! now, when i did this sort of thing with > dial up i only had one md5sum fail, but with my new super fast cable job > (70 Kbyte/s ish) despite gozilla claiming that all downloads were > successful the md5sum is different in every case, thinking frantically i > remembered that the engineer left me an attenuator for the modem saying > i might need it, is it possible that a signal that is too strong might > 'distort' a download such that all the checks of download software could > be fooled? > > i don't think so but it's the only explanation i have left, i cannot > think of any reason why the resulting files should be wrong, i have > three hard drives in my machine and i have downloaded to them all! > > i have the attenuator on now and i am trying to download, in a couple of > hours i will see if i have a correct file, if any one can suggest > avenues of investigation into what can cause files to be corrupted > despite all appearances then i would be grateful, > > tia > > bascule
