Mihai Popescu B.S. wrote: > Hello, > > I got the install44.iso and MD5 from snapshots from > openbsd.informatik.uni-erlangen.de and the MD5 file failed the test. > > I got the MD5 from ftp.openbsd.org and run it against the > install44.iso from openbsd.informatik[...] and it reports OK. > > Comparing the two MD5 files, there are major differences, looks like > the MD5 from informatik is wrong.
Not sure if it is still true, but the installXX.iso files were made in a separate step from the rest of the snapshot, so the MD5 numbers for it may not always be accurate The snapshot distribution process is also very time consuming, when you look at the size of the individual snapshots, they take a while to get to the master distribution site and from there, a while to get to the mirrors. That's especially true of the installXX.iso file, since they are particularly large, so it is very possible the file will change mid-transfer. It's one of those things I never thought much about until I started helping run a mirror...it takes a really long time to "fill" a mirror! In short: if you are paranoid, use the *.tgz files, not the installXX.iso, and THEN look at the MD5 files. If you see some that match and some that don't, you probably got a mid-transfer change, go back and try again an hour or two later. Nick.
