Re: FC3 DVD iso question - actual size? RESOLVED

[Bob Hartung <rwhart@xxxxxxxxx>]

sean Patzer wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 18 November 2004 16:27, Bob Hartung wrote:
> >  
> >
> > > Would someone please enlighten me:
> > >
> > >  The size of the DVD-iso of FC3 is listed as :
> > >        2466410496 bytes
> > >  I have downloaded it three times from three
> > >     separate sources and each time it is listed
> > >     as size:                       2147483647 bytes
> > >
> > > Needless to say it fails the MD5SUM test.  What is the cause of
> > > this behavior?  Sites used include mirrors.kernel.org amongst
> > > others.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >   
> >
> >
> > The filesystem you are using is acting like its broken at the 2GB 
> > mark.  Care to post that detail (the name of the filesystem being 
> > used) & maybe someone will have a solution for you.
> >
> >  
> The other thing that you may want to try is changing your FTP client. I
> remember reading on the FC site that some clients bomb at the 2 GB mark.
> Sounds like what you have going on.
IglooFTP-PRO was breaking the file.  I used 'curl' to download the 
entire file from one of the mirror sites and all is well. md5sum 
is correct and it installed right off the bat on my laptop.

Thanks to all.  Sorry for the delay in answering, the cable was 
down all day.

Thanks again,

Bob Hartung