[WBEL-users] manifestdestiny-respin1-binary-i386-3.iso

[khaqq]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:07:02 +0100
Ross McKerchar <it at crummock.com> wrote:

> Janos Makadi wrote:
> 
> > The problematic file cames from the image: 
> > manifestdestiny-respin1-binary-i386-3.iso
> >
> > I checked the md5sum of this iso, but it was wrong. The others were OK.
> > After downloading the isos from another three mirrors, the result was 
> > the same.
>      				        
> Just as a headsup to everyone - this still appears to be a problem.

Yep, belnet and esat seem to have a bad copy.

> I too eventually found a good copy at ftp.riken.jp (thanks for the tip 
> Janos!) but not before tearing my hear out and wasting a good few 
> gigabytes of bandwith.

mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca seems to have a workable copy too.

> I'm not to hot on how the whole mirroring system works but if it's out 
> of anyone's control a quick one line warning on the download page could 
> save a lot of people a lot of hassle, especially lazy people like me who 
> dont always check md5sums before going for an install :)

you can also try bittorrent to save yourself the trouble, there are
machines still seeding after downloading 100% of the torrent out there,
perhaps not 24/7 although I'm working on that.

> Whilst on the topic, http://www.mirror.ac.uk/www.whiteboxlinux.org also 
> seems to be down.

it's http://www.mirror.ac.uk/mirror/www.whiteboxlinux.org from now on.

khaqq