Downloading the Fedora Cord DVD: md5sum errors - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Moskie · 11-04-2004, 05:37 PM

I've downloaded the Fedora Core 2 DVD ISO a couple times now, and each time, the md5sum hasn't come out right. The file size seems right, and it completed in as long of a time as it should, but I can't seem to get a valid copy of it.

I've tried burning the ISO and installing from it anyway, but I get a pretty generic error pretty early on in the process.

So can anyone recommend a way to download a file, and fully ensure it's validity? Is there some program that I can use that will give me extra protection against the problems I'm having?

Pragma · 11-04-2004, 05:47 PM

Use wget, use different mirrors to download the file, and hope you find one with the right MD5 sum.

Moskie · 11-04-2004, 06:02 PM

well... I'd like to download this using my Windows machine, as that's the one with the DVD burner. I have wget for cygwin, but it always gives me a "Connection Refused" message for anything I try to download (this DVD or otherwise...)

Pragma · 11-05-2004, 10:35 AM

You can download wget through the GnuWin32 project on SourceForge - Just drop the executable & dlls in \windows\system32 (or somewhere else in your path) and you can use wget from cmd.exe

11-04-2004, 05:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Moskie Pure Chewing Satisfaction Location: can i use bbcode [i]here[/i]?	Downloading the Fedora Cord DVD: md5sum errors I've downloaded the Fedora Core 2 DVD ISO a couple times now, and each time, the md5sum hasn't come out right. The file size seems right, and it completed in as long of a time as it should, but I can't seem to get a valid copy of it. I've tried burning the ISO and installing from it anyway, but I get a pretty generic error pretty early on in the process. So can anyone recommend a way to download a file, and fully ensure it's validity? Is there some program that I can use that will give me extra protection against the problems I'm having? __________________ Greetings and salutations.

11-04-2004, 06:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Moskie Pure Chewing Satisfaction Location: can i use bbcode [i]here[/i]?	well... I'd like to download this using my Windows machine, as that's the one with the DVD burner. I have wget for cygwin, but it always gives me a "Connection Refused" message for anything I try to download (this DVD or otherwise...) __________________ Greetings and salutations.

11-04-2004, 05:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	Use wget, use different mirrors to download the file, and hope you find one with the right MD5 sum.

11-05-2004, 10:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	You can download wget through the GnuWin32 project on SourceForge - Just drop the executable & dlls in \windows\system32 (or somewhere else in your path) and you can use wget from cmd.exe