From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 29 22:43:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA19075 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 22:43:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA19068 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 22:43:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA04272; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 22:45:13 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199710300645.WAA04272@implode.root.com> To: Font cc: Kamal is not MaD , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: release 2.2.5 HELP ! bin.ci corruption ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 29 Oct 1997 23:52:06 CST." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 22:45:12 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I've occasionally had trouble downloading files from ftp.freebsd.org with >certain ftp clients. While the download session completes without errors, >files end up with different checksums than the originals. I'm not sure >whether the problem is the client or the server. Clients which have given >me occasional corrupted files include Netscape Navigator 4.03/Mac, Fetch >3.0/Mac. Generally, after I download something, I check the checksum, and >if the checksum doesn't match, then I'll download using a different ftp >client (from my ISP's shell account, for instance, which has never failed >me) until the checksum matches. > >I suggest you check your checksums, and retrieve the corrupted files >again using a different method. Good luck. This is VERY unusual. When was the last time you experianced this problem? Were the failures always when using the Mac? -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project