I am, in fact, an idiot: The provided checksums are SHA1 and not MD5. Still doesn't explain why the disks are failing the FC media check, but it makes a lot more sense than every freakin' FC ISO on the planet being corrupted...
Back to sleep. J Original Message: ----------------- From: Mitchell Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:24:00 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Looking for FC 5 ISOs You might try the BitTorrent, often they work alot better then HTTP downloads. On 10/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm looking for a "good" download site for FC 5 CDs (yes, my laptop > doesn't > seem to want to boot from DVDs for some reason). I downloaded them all > from > the U of C mirror last night, but they appear to be corrupt. The checksum > doesn't pan out on any of the files. I re-downloaded a couple and > checksummed them again and the checksums were the same from the first > time, > but still don't match the official FC 5 checksums. Further, this isn't a > documentation error because the disks really do crap out on install and > they all fail the FC 5 media check. > > I then downloaded a few ISOs from the Telus mirror and they were toast as > well. Those checksums matched the ones from the ISOs I downloaded from U > of > C which means they also failed to match the proper checksums. This also > means that it's not a download or burn problem. > > So, in my very rudimentary investigation, it seems to me that the main FC > 5 > site has corrupted ISOs which are being mirrored all over the place. > However, I didn't have time before work to try an ISO from every FC mirror > so perhaps it's more limited than that. > > I need FC tonight. Anyone have a handle on where I can find some good > ISOs? > > Thanks! > > Jon > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- pub 1024D/9091C422 02/05/2006 Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Primary key fingerprint: 812B 94BC EA0D 345A CC1C 2ED9 F7F6 5CCF 9091 C422 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
