Re: DVD download
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 04:42:46PM -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote:
> This concerns the 5.02 amd64 DVD #1
>
> Yesterday I downloaded the debian-502-amd64-DVD-1.iso file from debian.org's
> site. It was 4.4 Gb, but it failed sha1sum verification, so today I again
> downloaded it, but it is now 2.0 Gb and again fails sha1sum. I have now
> downloaded the same file-- debian-502.amd64-DVD-1.iso -- from 2 mirrors and
> each time the file is 2.0 Gb in size. So, I'm guessing that something has
> gone wrong at Debian and the errors are mirrored to the other sites?
>
> Should I even bother downloading the DVD image now or send a report to debian?
> If I should send a report, who should I send it to?
Try using rsync to an rsync mirror.
I'm on dialup and often find that after a week of getting a CD a bit at
a time, that there are some errors. Rsync fixes it.
Doug.
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