http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=965532
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=965532#c8
--- Comment #8 from Richard Gray
So everything worked as expected. Some mirror had a bad, broken or manipulated iso, or the transfer resulted in a local file that did not verify against the signed hash. Failure to verify a bad file is the hash/sig WORKING, as in "detecting an incorrect iso"
We do not operate the mirror infrastructure (except for the mirrorbrain redirector), and the above was put in place for this very reason.
A binary diff or diff between hexdumps between the files would be interesting.
I did attempt "repairs" using rsync (as described in the installation blurb, I notice), but since only http servers are listed at: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/42.1/iso/openSUSE-Leap-42.1-D... I had to cobble together an rsync URI, but I seem to recall doing this UK based mirrors, so if those mirrors were carrying duff isos that matched the one I had already downloaded, it wouldn't have helped. I must reiterate that my first assumption has always been that I have done something wrong, so I was fairly sure of myself before raising this issue. My "favourite" mirror is www.mirrorservice.org, and mirror.ox.ac.uk. Being so focussed on getting an intact copy of the iso, I didn't keep the duff ones for comparison, so my apologies for that. All the mirrors I used were listed on the URL I quoted above. I'll try re-downloading from mirrorservice and see if I can identify in what way the iso is faulty, unless they've fixed it in the meantime. It would be good to rule out mischief if at all possible. I have to concede that it is possible that I've just been unlucky having had three garbled downloads in a row; but that would be a first in my experience! The complaint I've made about downloading being so time consuming is more to do with ADSL in the UK being so crappy. VDSL (FTTC) services are reaching some of the northern cities, but not the more provincial towns just yet. Thanks for your comments, guys. I know you all get snowed-under with stupid reports from inept users; or possibly worse, users with a bit of knowledge, but not quite enough. I have personal experience in IT support, so I know how sifting the wheat from the chaff can be a frustrating matter. I've been using openSUSE since 10.something, so I know my way around reasonably well. Happily, I report bugs very rarely because I can usually find another way of solving the problem, and more and more I'm finding less and less. :-) Cheers! Richard. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.