Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 09:11:11 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I keep having wrong checksum in 6.1 iso download (what should I do??) Message-ID: <44fyje9ij4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4465854F.90000@eftel.com> (Adrian Pavone's message of "Sat, 13 May 2006 15:05:51 %2B0800") References: <20060513045102.1555.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com> <20060513153041.2feee00e.nick@nickwithers.com> <4465854F.90000@eftel.com>
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Adrian Pavone <wingot@eftel.com> writes: > From what I read about the checksums for 6.1, the checksum was > generated with a checksum actually being present in the ISO (which was > then overwritten by the newly developed checksum). As such, the checksum > will never match, as a checksum can never match if it is included in the > file that is being checksummed (well, in theory, it is possible for it > to match, but the algorithm to calculate it and processing power > required is astronomically complex). > > It is possible I am thinking of a different FreeBSD ISO, but I am sure > it was one of the 6's, and there are only 2 of those. 6.1 does match the checksum. If yours doesn't, it isn't correct. The most common cause of this is downloading in (FTP) "ASCII" mode, which will corrupt the file.
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