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Re: 5.4 Install failing
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:47:43 -0600
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Chris Tooley wrote:
> Alan Bartlett wrote:
>> 2009/11/6 Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>>> md5sum and sha1sum are ways of verifying packages that you download. There
>>> are free versions for windows (both xp and vista) but I currently do not
>>> know where to get them from, possibly someone else on the list knows a good
>>> place.
>> You're welcome to download the DOS/Windoze version from the "dostools"
>> directory on any CentOS mirror.
>>
>> Here's a link -- http://mirror.centos.org/centos/dostools/
>>
>> Alan.
> 
> 
> Out of curiosity, why is there no official torrents for SL? Would this 
> not get rid of the problem with corrupted downloads - I know I'd help 
> seed :)
> 
> -Chris

We've tried it in the past, and at least here at Fermilab, it drives our 
autoblocker nuts.
That was a while ago.  Maybe we can bring it up again and see if things 
have changed.
Troy
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