trouble downloading

[Bob Gustafson]

Hi Graham

You may have downloaded a source disk. Or, it may have been a bad download
or burn. You can do a check of the image after download to see if it is OK.
I think the command is something like 'shasum <diskname.iso>'

BobG


>Hi Ed,
>
>Thanks for telling me about the Aug edition of APC - I'll try and find
>it (although I did a quick look last night and most of the places now
>have Sep but I'll keep trying).
>
>I did manage to get the downloads down, but now, as I install via the
>CDs, the installation routine asks me to insert the next disk, disk 2,
>so I insert it and then it says that it is the wrong disk.  I did a
>media check on that disk and it reports it as being disk 7!!!!  I only
>have 4 CD images so where does disk 7 come from?
>
>How do I get past this point?
>
>BTW - I'm in Canberra.
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Graham
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Edward Dekkers
>Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2005 12:57
>To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>Subject: Re: trouble downloading
>
>
>Graham S. Green wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> My first post to the list so apologies if this question is commonly
>> asked but the problem is driving me nuts.
>>
>> Is anyone else having problems downloading Fedora 4?  I've tried to
>> download it on two separate boxes, using two different FTP programs
>and
>> burn the ISO images on two different CD burners but each time I do a
>> mediacheck on it, I get a "FAIL - corrupted disk or download error"
>and
>> it then refuses to install.  I've also tried to download it from two
>> different servers - the main Fedora server as well as an optusnet
>mirror
>> here in Australia.
>>
>> I do not have any Linux boxes available and that is why i am trying to
>> download this and so i cannot do a SHA1SUM check.
>>
>> Any ideas or should i want until it is available on a magazine?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Graham
>
>APC August has it Graham. See if you can grab a copy of that.
>
>Otherwise, where are you? If not too costly I could do you a burn.
>
>I'm close to Perth.
>
>Regards,
>Ed.
>
>
>
>
>
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