Mike, Thanks very much! It's helpful to see the command that someone else uses for the same purpose. I'll try the command with the options you specified (after I look them up) -- if nothing changes I may try the install. Thanks again! Randy Kramer Mike Whitaker wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 April 2001 16:37, Randy Kramer wrote: > > Can rsync fix a MandrakeFreq iso with a bad md5sum? (Without > > re-downloading the entire file?) > > I would start to suspect the md5sum. > > I have done *exactly* this with a Debian ISO image that got changed under > my feet in the interval between my killing and restarting a transfer with > ncftp: the resultant md5sum was wrong, and I did: > > rsync --partial --progress -v -t -c \ > ftp.uk.debian.org::debian-cd/2.2_rev2/i386/binary-i386-1_NONUS.iso \ > debian_cds/binary-i386-1_NONUS.iso > > which sorted it out. > > The fact that your rsync is transferring almost no bytes suggests the > files are identical. Mine most definitely weren't. > -- > Mike Whitaker | Work: +44 1733 766619 | Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > System Architect | Fax: +44 1733 348287 | Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CricInfo Ltd | GSM: +44 7971 977375 | Web: http://www.cricket.org/
