This idiot needs to read the documentation more carefully. The Fedora site says to use "sha1sum", so I did:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Documents/Fediora_Core_4> ls -al total 5733830 drwxr-xr-x 2 rodney users 232 2005-06-16 09:26 . drwxr-xr-x 3 rodney users 112 2005-06-16 01:01 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 rodney users 682 2005-06-16 08:53 BadMD5sum.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 rodney users 2932850688 2005-06-16 03:09 FC4-x86_64-DVD_badMD5.iso -rw-r--r-- 1 rodney users 2932850688 2005-06-16 08:16 FC4-x86_64-DVD.iso -rw-r--r-- 1 rodney users 954 2005-06-16 06:24 SHA1SUM -rw-r--r-- 1 rodney users 954 2005-06-16 09:26 SHA1SUM_from_fedore_site [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Documents/Fediora_Core_4> sha1sum *.iso 2f166c7cff4e7334744d48e642b3287693d982ed FC4-x86_64-DVD_badMD5.iso 2f166c7cff4e7334744d48e642b3287693d982ed FC4-x86_64-DVD.iso [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Documents/Fediora_Core_4> ..... So the downloads were successful. Hope others do not make the same mistake I did. Rodney > I think my problem was with not recognizing the dvd drive after getting a > few steps into the install process (reminds me of older Windows installation > where the operating system would forget there was a CD attached). In the > case of Fedora 3 with CD-Rom installation (all four of them), it just hung > during "post install" operations. Typically, this has happened with really > old equipment in my experience. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 9:06 AM > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > Subject: RE: [Eug-lug] DVD on Fedora > > Jim, > > Good luck. Hope your hardware upgrades do the trick. > > I d/l'd the latest FC4_X86_64 recently from two mirror sites and got the > same "incorrect" md5 sum from both: > > The md5 sum from what I d/l'd from 2 mirror sites: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Documents/Fediora_Core_4> ls -al total 5733822 > drwxr-xr-x 2 rodney users 160 2005-06-16 08:16 . > drwxr-xr-x 3 rodney users 112 2005-06-16 01:01 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 rodney users 2932850688 2005-06-16 03:09 > FC4-x86_64-DVD_badMD5.iso > -rw-r--r-- 1 rodney users 2932850688 2005-06-16 08:16 FC4-x86_64-DVD.iso > -rw-r--r-- 1 rodney users 954 2005-06-16 06:24 SHA1SUM > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Documents/Fediora_Core_4> md5sum *.iso > 901ef29f7231e260d3318f85dbfe40ae FC4-x86_64-DVD_badMD5.iso > 901ef29f7231e260d3318f85dbfe40ae FC4-x86_64-DVD.iso > > > The expected md5sum > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 2f166c7cff4e7334744d48e642b3287693d982ed FC4-x86_64-DVD.iso > > I think Mr. O mentioned that he had a similar problem. Has anyone d/l'd an > FC4 dvd image and gotten the "correct" md5sum? I recall a few months ago, I > d/l'd an FC3_x86_64_dvd.iso and got the correct md5sum. > > Rodney > > > > As nice as DVD installations seem, my older hardware would not allow > > it. I was trying to install on an old Athlon T-Bird 650mhz/Soyo board > > with 128M but neither Fedora Core 3 or 4, nor debian would complete > > the installation via DVD. I did not download the CD images for core 4 > > however, I am going to do so today. > > > > I have also ordered a new Syntax 266AD board with a Duron 1.8G processor. > > That and 512Mbytes of memory should do the trick. > > What happens is that the DVD versions of Fedora 4 and debian boot > > properly, then start installing however I soon get a message that the > > system can't find the CD. As I said, I suspect it's the old hardware. > > > > I will report my success or lack thereof later. > > > > Thanks to all, Jim Darrough > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Mr O > > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 9:57 PM > > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] DVD on Fedora > > > > I've always used Xine for DVD playback when I watch a movie on my > computer. > > > > As for Fedora on DVD... I'm downloading the Fedora 4 torrent now. Hope > > I have it eventually :) _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
