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Thread: md5 differs on download

  1. #1
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    md5 differs on download

    I downloaded twice, but in both cases the md5 checksum failed.
    I used winMd5Sum to check the md5 of the downloaded file. I used Firefox, DownThemall to download the iso.

    Is there a correct way to download the file properly?

  2. #2
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    Re: md5 differs on download

    Find a different mirror.

    The md5 should always match, if they don't then you have a corrupt copy. Obviously you know this if you're even aware of md5 sums. But it might be corrupt on the server you chose.

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    Re: md5 differs on download

    I downloaded the ubuntu copy from torrent, since torrent matches md5 properly. And it worked fine. The MD5 checksums matched. I guess the lesson here is to use utorrent when downloading huge apps.

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    Re: md5 differs on download

    I think the lesson is that md5 sums work. You had a corrupted copy for whatever reason, and the md5 check caught it.

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