On Tuesday 09 September 2003 11:00 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just tried 3 times to d'l the first ISO of RC2. First I used the
> browser (Mozilla) with a German mirror (ftp.vat.tu-dresden.de). The
> download stopped at 50KB left(!) and tiemd out. Trying to resume failed
> because the browser told me that the files are identical. md5sum check
> failed!
>
> Then I used pure ftp, opened a US server (mirrors.usc.edu) and failed
> again with the same behaviour!
>
> Then I used ncftp (my normal ftp app) and failed again! Each time with
> just 50KB left and ncftp tells me that the "local file appears to be the
> same as the remote file, no transfer necessary".
>
> And, yes, I switched explicitely to "binary" transfer!
>
> Wasted 2.5 hours and 1.8GB of my 5GB-limit! Arrgh!
>
My experience over the last 2 years has been almost identical. It appears 
there is some sort of bug in the way the file is transferred to the mirrors 
or something. Do NOT try to download again from the one that gave you a bad 
one. That is my advice. Go to another until you find a good site. I honestly 
believe it is the mirror, NOT the download itself. IT IS identical from the 
one you downloaded. Too bad there wasn't a way to do a crc check BEFORE you 
downloaded eh? Or is there?

> wobo


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