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Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 11:27:05 -0400
From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To: Ecole Point Bleu <epointbleu@afribonemali.net>
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In response to Ecole Point Bleu <epointbleu@afribonemali.net>:

> Mr./Ms.:
> 
> I am trying to download FreeBsd from 
> http://www.freebsd.org/fr/where.html. But so far, I have been 
> unsuccessful at it as I am asked to provide a user name and a password. 
> Anonymous login does not work either. Though some few days ago I started 
> downloading Disc1 (iso) just to find out that the checksum was not 
> right. Can I you assist, please ?

I just tried and it's working fine for me.  What software are you using
for the download?  Perhaps your FTP client is doing it wrong.

Checksum problems occur sometimes during downloads ... that's the
_reason_ checksums are provided, to detect corrupted downloads.

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Bill Moran
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