md5sum doesn't match with BitTorrent

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Wed Nov 5 23:23:18 UTC 2003


On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 18:21, Don wrote:
> I have a question regarding these md5 sums....
> 
> Is it redundant to check the md5 sums if you do a media check?
> 
> When I use the CD's for the first time, I do a media check, but I never
> check the md5 sums...
> I figure if the sums are correct before creating my CD, that doesn't mean
> the CD gets created properly... but the media check should report any
> problems in the overall creation process... maybe the file was downloaded
> with errors, or maybe errors actually burning the CD.... either way wouldn't
> "media check" detect and report that?
> 

I checked the md5sums - they are correct on the torrent tracker/primary
seed and from a download client.

-sv






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