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Date:      Wed, 20 Dec 2000 20:07:08 +1000 (EST)
From:      jason andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au>
To:        Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar: 4.2 release iso image checksum]
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.4.20.0012202004400.27726-100000@azure.dstc.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <20001220093433.A1137@paula.panke.de.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Wolfram Schneider wrote:


this is why i wish mirrors (and only mirrors!) had rsync access to
an authoritative freebsd repository.  oft times i can make do by
using rsync to one of the second (or third?) tier sites, but this
isn't really possible soon after release.

at the last release it appears to be several days, perhaps upto a week
before i noticed sites i could rsync from actually had any of the new
iso images.

oh well.

-jason

> I downloaded the iso image for the 4.2 release, i386 architecture, from the
> main FTP site (ftp.freebsd.org). I also downloaded the CHECKSUM.MD5 file
> and compared the checksum for the 4.2-install.iso file with the one i got
> after running md5sum on the downloaded file.
> The cheksums are different, although both files are 668108800 bytes (my
> local copy and the one in the server)



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