On Tuesday 27 August 2002 11:41 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, I know im starting to be a pain in the neck with this > mandreka mirror/download thing. I have mirrors already in which i know is > not the problem thats messing up my CD's. Number 1, I have a DSL > connecton... not 56k, so i shouldnt get any line interference with my > downloads right? #2. I usually go to the FTP through Internet explorer, but > i Have CUTEFTP now so i can use that. #3, I usually burn my CD;s at 8x in > which im gonna cut it down to 2x. > Each time I download mandrake the md5sum is not the same.. they dont > match, and i donno what im doing wrong. I burned 3bad cd's.. One won t > install 5 packages wihich i cant startx. The second gave me a panic error > due to a bad CD. and i have an extras CD in which im gonna discard because > i know thats probally messed up too... Now I have mirrors to download from, > but their always have something wrong... How can i make the md5sums the > same? I cant even get a good version of mandrake because of this.. Could > someone help me out, or tell me about a program that does downloads that > makes sure the download is nice, clean, and not messed up? Please help... > Once I get a good copy of mandrake... and install it, ill be on my way.
I've lost the tenor of this thread, sorry. What version are you trying to install again? I'm not certain it will make a difference but there were some strange goings on with some of the mirrors the past few days. I'm running the beta of Mandrake 9.0 and Most of Saturday and Sunday I was having a hell of a time just updating from 3 different mirrors. I finally found one that worked though. To answer the question about a "download manager" my advice would be _don't!_ They're usually more trouble than they're worth. I can't remember the name of what I used for ftp when I still ran "that other OS." I know it was a multi-threading client and I think it was something like "leach?" At any rate I'd suggest you try downloading again using your ftp client. Then slow that damned burner down! I know I'm not the only one that suggested that so far but 2 or 4 is a better burn rate for data disk integrity. I had trouble at anything faster than that on a friends WinXP box. I finally gave him a set of disks since he wouldn't slow it down and couldn't get a usable set. If you can't get an installable copy e-mail me off list and I'll *send you* the damned disks in the mail! Or try CheapBytes and just order the download disks. http://www.cheapbytes.com/ or Tech Broker http://www.tech-broker.com/catalog/linux.html or UrbanWare for Canadians such as myself http://www.urbanware.com/ or Cyber Site for Aussies http://www.cybersite.com.au/ or.... you get the idea? :-) Or I'm sure someone else (closer geographically and with no international border between) would be willing to extend the same (mail the download edition disks) offer? -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org "I'm returning this note to you, instead of your paper, because it (your paper) presently occupies the bottom of my bird cage." -- English Professor, Providence College
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