Re: RH9 CDrom one md5sum error
From: pbs (pnews_at_lomarline.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 09/28/03
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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 02:54:34 +1200
John Winters wrote:
> In article <bl5vj1$u7l$1@squay.lomarline.freeserve.co.uk>,
> pbs <pnews@lomarline.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>I have downloaded 2 of the 3 RH9 CDrom images.
>> shrike-i386-disc1.iso
>> shrike-i386-disc2.iso
>>By the time you read this I will be downloading the third. I am doing
>>his over a dialup line so it takes about 35 hours to download 1 image.
>>
>>Disc2 gives the correct md5sum. But Disc1 does not. However it is not so
>>badly corrupted that I can not load it. I think that there are only 3
>>files damaged none of which are important. But I need to check this.
>
>
> Why don't you just use rsync to fix the whole CD 1 image? Make sure
> you run it against a different mirror (in case the mirror you're using
> has a corrupt copy). It should take no more than a few minutes, even
> on a slow connection.
Because I did not know of rsync. I found a mirror site willing to host
rsync http://www.oss.eznetsols.org/ and it worked like a charm
Thank you John . You have saved me hours of work and taught me a new
command. Once I had found a site and Read The Friendly Manual it only
took a few minutes even on my slow connection.
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