From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 13 05:30:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A225216A401 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 05:30:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nick@nickwithers.com) Received: from mail.nickwithers.com (mail.manrags.com [203.219.206.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6DD343D45 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 05:30:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nick@nickwithers.com) Received: from localhost (shmick.shmon.net [10.0.0.252]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.nickwithers.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEBF53A81C; Sat, 13 May 2006 15:30:41 +1000 (EST) Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:30:41 +1000 From: Nick Withers To: Mark Jayson Alvarez Message-Id: <20060513153041.2feee00e.nick@nickwithers.com> In-Reply-To: <20060513045102.1555.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060513045102.1555.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com> Organization: nickwithers.com X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.17; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-nickwithers-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-nickwithers-MailScanner-From: nick@nickwithers.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I keep having wrong checksum in 6.1 iso download (what should I do??) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 05:30:53 -0000 On Fri, 12 May 2006 21:51:02 -0700 (PDT) Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > Hi, > > It was my second time to download a 6.1 iso from one > of the regional ftp sites.. Lucky we have a slightly > fast connection (155Mbps)... Slightly fast? What do you call fast? :-) > By the way, is it really dangerous to ignore these checksums > that doesn't match with the published one? What's the reason > behind this bad checksum mismatch??. It generally indicates that the file was corrupted during transmission. It could, however, happen because the site you're downloading from is serving a corrupt version. A checksum mismatch basically indicates that the file is not as it should be. You may still be able to use it without any adverse impact, but then again, you may not. It's also possible that someone has intentionally corrupted the file for sinister purposes. I'd strongly recommend not using it. It's probably worth trying to download the file again, from another mirror. > Thanks -- Nick Withers email: nick@nickwithers.com Web: http://www.nickwithers.com Mobile: +61 414 397 446