md5sum doesn't match with BitTorrent

[Gregory Gulik]

Thanks, I didn't know BitTorrent worked like that, this was my first 
experience with it.

The download just completed and sure enough all the md5sums now match.

Time to go burn and play...


Ben Steeves wrote:
> That's 'cos it's probably not whole yet.  BitTorrent doesn't download
> linearly -- it grabs whatever chunk it can whenever it can, but it
> preallocates all the space, which is probably why the disc looks like
> it's done.
> 
> Wait 'til the whole thing's done, and the MD5 will match.
> 
> Re. the person who was asking if checking MD5s is redundant -- you
> should always check the MD5s before burning, at least to make sure the
> ISO is OK.  Afterwards, media check should be sufficient.
> 

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