diagnosing possible hardware problem

[NoOp]

Felix Miata wrote:
> On 06/10/13 16:07 (GMT-0700) NoOp apparently typed:
> 
>> Felix Miata wrote:
> 
>>> On 06/10/13 15:21 (GMT-0700) NoOp apparently typed:
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>>> Maybe I'm missing something, but I feel it's the job of the installer to do
>>> the source verification, not me, when I download nothing more than an
>>> installation kernel and initrd before turning the job over to the installer
>>> to install via ftp or http from a public mirror. Fedora, SUSE and Mandriva
>>> don't impose that obligation.
> 
>> Really?
> 
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/BurningDiscs
>> ====
>> Validating the Files
> 
>> Errors can occur during the download, even if your download manager
>> reports none. Therefore it is very important to check that the files
>> have not been corrupted in any way. This is the purpose of the SHA1SUM
>> file. It contains one line for each of the available ISO files ...
> 
> But no link to or inclusion of validation instructions for downloaded
> installation kernel and initrd, which is _all_ I downloaded before beginning
> FTP installation.

OK perhaps I misunderstood. However, in attempting to access the mirror
ftp directories of the location that you are using I noticed multiple
delays and timeouts connecting (all of my other network connections are
working just fine). So, could it be that there is a problem with the
site ftp connection? Why not download the full installation files,
verify them, and then set up a local ftp server for the installation
instead?