Re: Error in the Potato rescue.bin
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Ben Collins wrote:
->On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 07:29:19PM +0530, Nagarjuna G. wrote:
->> On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Ben Collins wrote:
->>
->> ->On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 06:43:56PM +0530, Nagarjuna G. wrote:
->> ->>
->> ->> I have checked at a few of the ftp sites, where the file rescue.bin (of
->> ->> 1.44MB) image of POTATO distro has an error, and so cannot be downloaded.
->> ->> The file has the `Read error at byte 4035/1474560'. I have checked the
->> ->> ftp.debian.org, ftp.uk.debian.org sites. I donot know whom to report, if any
->> ->> of you know please forward this mail to the concerned person.
->> ->
->> ->That really sounds more like floppy driver, and floppy disk problem to me.
->> ->Have you tried using a different disk?
->>
->> No, I haven't made a floppy as yet. The error is at the ftp site. The
->> download stops after reading upto 4035 bytes.
->
->Have you tried http? It sounds very strange that this error occurs. Even
->if the file was corrupted, the ftp server wouldn't care.
Usually I use wget, but this time in order to double check I have used
netscape also. Same error.
However, I seemed to be getting
../disks-i386/2.2.15-2000-06-07/images-1.44/safe/rescue.bin.
Possibly this file is not corrupted.
In anycase the above error remains strange.
Nagarjuna
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