[K12OSN] The boot problem again

[Gavin Chester]

On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 16:07, Bjørn Roger Rasmussen wrote:
> At 09:02 30.11.2004, you wrote:
> >Great! Then do you perform a md5sums check for the downloaded files to
> >ensure the completeness of files?
> 
> No. But I have downloaded the files several times, both at home and at 
> work. With Web browser, with FTP program etc. I don't think that the 
> download will fail several times. I have cheated with boot.iso and finished 

Bjorn, You're obviously irritated at having done the process several
times over in different ways.  I sympathise. But, there is no way around
having to check the file's md5sums.  There is a VERY good reason for the
packager of the iso to create these check sums to verify that EVERY
packet transmitted to you is equal to the original file.  It is NOT an
option - it is mandatory.  Sure, you may get the iso to install
eventually, but some small thing may be corrupted and it may not be
immediately obvious.

I'm on a slow dial-up connection and when downloading big files I find
two programs invaluable because they support resuming of the download if
you get interrupted (any number of times) throughout.  In the past in
Windows I have used "Download Mage" (www.dlmage.com) and now in Linux I
have great success with "Downloader for X (D4X)"
(www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo).   

You will get good downloads with these but still need to check your
md5sums.  If you have a nearly complete download you can also take
advantage of that and use rsync instead of downloading the whole file
again.  You could also use rsync to verify that you aren't missing parts
of the iso file.  One catch: rsync is NOT good if you're likely to have
the downloading interrupted.
 
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