1 checksum keeps failing with feisty-desktop-i386 21022007

[Michael R. Head]

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 20:18 +0200, Ari Torhamo wrote:
> I just downloaded and burned  feisty-desktop-i386.iso of 21.7. I keep
> getting one checksum fail when I check the disk no matter what I do. I
> have downloaded the  file three times and burned it to two different
> disks (from different manufacturers). Could it be that the file is
> corrupt? I have downloaded and burned feisty twice before this without
> problems. Actually, to my remembering, I have never had a checksum
> problem with any of my ubuntu disks before.
> 
> Is anyone else having problems with this file? In the meantime I might
> give herd 4 a try to have something to move on with.

You can mount the ISO itself before burning and check the checksums.

$ mkdir iso
$ sudo mount -o loop ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386.iso iso
$ cd iso
$ md5sum -c md5sum.txt
...
lots of output
...

If everything's OK, then the ISO is fine, and the problem may lie with
the burner or media.

mike

> Thanks,
> 
> Ari Torhamo 
> 
-- 
Michael R. Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
http://www.suppressingfire.org/~burner/
http://suppressingfire.livejournal.com
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