Package: cdimage.debian.org Version: <does-not-seem-to-apply> Severity: wishlist
Please publish the file sizes of isos somewhere clearly visible, preferably (together with their checksums) on http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ Use case: I bought Debian DVDs from a vendor. Of course I wanted to test their integrity and ran md5sum /dev/cdrom The reported checksum did not match the one listed on the subpages of http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ The reason, of course, was, that the isos are padded when written to the medium. So I had to truncate the content of /dev/cdrom first to the correct size. But it was a real pain in the ankle to find out which that was: Only the last browser available on my system (links) was able to give me file sizes that were not rounded to the next KB or MB. And that was only when pointing it to an FTP mirror. I think this use case should be a standard one and http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ could have clear instructions, including file sizes, on how to check purchased CDs/DVDs. (I know there is the checkiso script, but it is outdated and it admits that it does not solve the padding problem.) Best regards, Mark Weyer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
