FC3 DVD iso question - actual size?

sean Patzer nt.bert at acsalaska.net
Fri Nov 19 06:24:38 UTC 2004


Gene Heskett wrote:

>On Thursday 18 November 2004 16:27, Bob Hartung wrote:
>  
>
>>Would someone please enlighten me:
>>
>>  The size of the DVD-iso of FC3 is listed as :
>>        2466410496 bytes
>>  I have downloaded it three times from three
>>     separate sources and each time it is listed
>>     as size:                       2147483647 bytes
>>
>>Needless to say it fails the MD5SUM test.  What is the cause of
>>this behavior?  Sites used include mirrors.kernel.org amongst
>>others.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Bob
>>    
>>
>
>The filesystem you are using is acting like its broken at the 2GB 
>mark.  Care to post that detail (the name of the filesystem being 
>used) & maybe someone will have a solution for you.
>
>  
>
The other thing that you may want to try is changing your FTP client. I
remember reading on the FC site that some clients bomb at the 2 GB mark.
Sounds like what you have going on.




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