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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:55:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Airdog <airdog@usa.net>
cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: errors in distrib files in FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE?
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On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Airdog wrote:

> I recently downloaded most of FreeBSD 2.2.7 (except the source and XFree86) and
> the install keeps reporting a checksum error in bin.bv for the file cpio. I
> went back 
> on the net downloaded bin.bv and ran the install again. I still had the same
> problem. 
> 
> So I downloaded it once more and compared it with bin.bv on my drive.
> There were no differences so I'd like to know if there is an error in
> that file.
> 
> This one is less serious but one of the files in doc.ad (I don't
> remember which)  returns an unexpected end of file error.

You're probably downloading the archives in ASCII mode using a Web
browser.  Instead of left-clicking on the links, right-click and select
'Save Link As...'.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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