On Fri, March 21, 2008 12:57 pm, Michael Chesterton wrote: > On 21/03/2008, at 12:02 PM, Voytek Eymont wrote:
>> I've just downloaded ISO but they keep failing md5 and/or media >> checks, from 6 or more downloads so far I only have one CD that passes >> media check.... > ouch. try starting a torrent download of a faulty iso you already have. > stop it a few minutes in and copy the faulty iso over the top of the start > of the torrent download, then start the torrent again. It should do a > checksum of the chunks, throw away the ' bad bits and download just them. Michael, thanks for the 'torrent fix tip'! it seems my md5sum utility is broken/back level, so, i think the downloads are ok, but, i think both my cd writers had it..?, I think I've made more coasters in the last 24 hours that I made in the last few years, I'll copy ISOs to usb stick, and try making CDs elsewhere -- Voytek -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
