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[JosipBroz <web_dept@xxxxxxx>]

Dne četrtek 01 januar 2009 ob 11:21:04 je Verner Kjærsgaard napisal(a):
> Hi list,
>
>
>
> - and a HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
>
> - I'm puzzled by md5sums. I've downloaded openSuSE11 (both 32 and 64 bit
> versions) and openSuSE11.1 (32/64 too).
>
> - I get the same odd errors with 11 as with 11.1. This is my situation:
>
> I try to verify the md5sum of openSuSE11(i386/32), it should be
>
> ed6a5b3feb668866df812b1c2aed9d7f  openSUSE-11.0-DVD-i386.iso
>
> but using "md5sum openSUSE-11.0-DVD-i386.iso", I get:
>
> a38623810009842eeb1542a2052cfc2d  openSUSE-11.0-DVD-i386.iso
>
> This, of course, is wrong. If I do a
>
> "md5sum -c openSUSE-11.0-DVD-i386.iso", I get 500+ lines saying the this
> or that -rpm file could not be read, general i/o error or so"
>
> Now if I burn an ISO DVD, it verifies correctly when doing the "check
> media" before installation (!). Installation starts fine, but in some
> cases breaks later on, but not always... I use K3B for burning, it
> reports a sound md5sum.
>
> I downloaded the isos from mirrors and directly from SuSE too. I
> downloaded from two different locations, albeit to the same PC (my
> laptop). I stored the received files (during download) onto the harddisk
> and also onto a USB stick.
>
> Same story. As you can tell, I've done quite a few downloads...All the
> downloaded files yield the same md5sum (using md5sum without the -c
> flag), never mind what media I store onto. And regardless of wherefrom
> and my method of downloading.
>
> As of now, I'm not really able to install openSuSE11(1) to anything, as
> I can't seem to get this right.
>
> Questions:
>
> a)
> The md5sums listed on the openSuSE web are (of course) correct
>
> b)
> what's the correct and proper way of verifying the md5sums?
>
> c)
> I used wget, firefox directly and a FF-extension called DownThenAll for
> downloading. What would be your recommendation?
>
>
> And as always, thank you!
>
>
>
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> Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
> Verner Kjærsgaard

a) of course
b) just let k3b do it automatically (when it reads-in an ISO) and visually 
compare it with a)
c) all your methods are correct. If you want additional error-checking, you 
can use ktorrent with the torrent links; then, when ktorrent downloads the 
ISO, you right-click on the ISO and select "Check data" from the pop-up menu.
d) I'm suspecting your CD/DVD writer may be oldish or a bit incompatible, or 
maybe the media are not overly compatible with your particular optical drive. 
In addition, check all k3b settings and verify they're all set to defaults.
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