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

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