[plug] md5 mismatch
Jim Householder
nofixed at westnet.com.au
Wed Oct 20 13:43:55 WST 2004
Matt Kemner wrote:
> Hi Jim
>
>
>>I have just downloaded MDK 10.1 (3 cds) from mandrake.waixusers.net
>>and checked the md5 digests. I get matches on 2 and 3, but not on 1.
>>Nowhere close. I used md5sum <file>.
>>
>>Do I scrap the file and try again, or is it mostly usable and the odds
>>of my finding the difference slim?
>
>
> Find an rsync mirror containing the first iso, and use rsync to "fix" it
>
> Rsync is able to work out the differences between a remote and a local
> file and only download those differences.
>
According to its man page, rsync operates on sets of files rather than looking for differences in copies of a single file.
So does this mean that I need to mount the offending iso loopback? And how do I locate rsync mirrors?
Jim
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