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Date:      Tue, 14 Mar 1995 03:01:33 +0100
From:      ccouv@v34.fdn.fr (Christian Couvida)
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   950210 snapshot - checksums errors
Message-ID:  <795168093.7054@v34.fdn.fr>

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On 12 March at 19:05, you wrote:

> > 1) Download (ftp) ENTIRELY this snapshot (10th of February).
> > 2) Install the boot disk and the cpio disk.
> > 3) If you try to install the "bin" distribution, for instance, then
> >    you'll have checksum errors :
> >  ------------------
> > (file do_cksum.sh)
> >
> > if [ -f bin.aa ]
> >  then if [ "`cksum 'bin.aa'`" != "3911826025 240640 bin.aa" ]
> >  then dialog --title "Checksum Error" ....etc.
> >  -----------------
> > In fact, if you type "cksum bin.aa" (if you jump to shell), then you'll
> > get : "2774410508  240640   bin.aa"
> >
> > BTW I did NOT download bin.aa in ascii mode but in binary mode.
>
> You should probably check closely what you have downloaded.

!!! Of course I did

> I downloaded the referenced snapshot back in February, have installed
> it several (>4) times and have had no problems with checksums.

?!?!

> Sure sounds to me that either your download is getting corrupted or the
> site that you have downloaded it from has a corrupt copy (I downloaded
> mine from wcarchive.cdrom.com).

Are you sure the installation you made was with the actual files from
"wcarchive.cdrom.com" INCLUDING the same boot & cpio disk ?

I just want to say _I'm not the only one_ with the SAME problem.
I read the same msg from s.o. else a week ago.

Ok, now what I did EXACTLY is the following things :

1)I downloaded from wcarchive.cdrom.com the files "boot.gz" & "cpio.gz"
  ftp binary mode, of course. I unzipped them to 1M44 diskettes, rebooted
  my system and installed correctly without any problem those diskettes.

2)Then I tried to install the "bin" distribution first.
  I launched the "install" procedure and selected "bin" distribution.
  As soon as this procedure was launched, I had the error message :
  "Checksum error detected on bin.aa!"

3)So, I wanted to check manually the checksum. I jump to a shell
  (ESC ESC) then I typed : "cksum bin.aa".
The result was :  "2774410508  240640   bin.aa".
The script says :
  if [ "`cksum 'bin.aa'`" != "3911826025 240640 bin.aa" ]...error...

  So, that's normal I've got "Checksum error detected on bin.aa!"

4)So I tried to download this fuck**g "bin.aa" (ftp binary mode)
  from many other sites with the same result :
                     "2774410508  240640   bin.aa" :((((((

What the hell is happening ???
Thanx



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