On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 16:26 -0400, Luke wrote: > I don't image I am the only person to bring this up, but can someone point > me to a place where I can download discs 2 and 3 for the Fedora Core that do > not contain corrupt packages? > > I have downloaded both from here: > > ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/Fedora/core/5/i386//iso/ > > I have tried downloading and burning to disk twice. Both times disk 2 and 3 > were currupt (i.e.: Did not pass the integrity test, when I tried to install > anyway, was unable to read from disk 2). I use the kernel.org archives. Try this link: http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/5/i386/iso/ and download away. Also look carefully at the content of the SHA1SUM file. After you download the .iso images, run: sha1sum name-of-iso-file The number that spits out SHOULD MATCH EXACTLY what the SHA1SUM file says. If not, you have a bad download. If the SHA1 sums match, the .iso file is clean, and you're having issues burning them to CDs. NOTE: CD2 and CD3 of the FC5 distribution REALLY fill up a CD. Make sure you're using name brand 700MB CDRs (I lean towards Memorex and TDK) and that you do NOT burn them at maximum speed. For example, if you have a CDR drive that can burn at 48x, try burning at 24x or even 12x: cdrecord dev=ATA:1,0,0 speed=24 name-of-iso.iso cdrecord dev=ATA:1,0,0 speed=12 name-of-iso.iso The reason is: CDs are written from the center of the disc out toward the edge in a long, spiral track (like an old vinyl LP record, but in reverse). The faster the disc spins (to give you that higher read or burn rate), the more likely the disc will "flutter" and the problem gets worse the farther from the center you are. Keeping the speed down will reduce the flutter and give you a better chance at getting a good burn. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - "The bogosity meter just pegged." - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
