mismatching iso sizes for amd64-iso
 

dowloaded http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackwa...are64-14.2-iso -specified size is 2.6G

the size of the downloaded iso is 3.7GB (3.4(GiB)

is this downloaded size OK?

if OK, how do I verify integrity?

Compare md5sums of the actual iso i.e. run:
and compare result with the contents of http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackwa...ll-dvd.iso.md5

from your link: 522db1d2845aaab22078530c67f858c1 slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso

my result: 4a363a303dc411c1ffe613a9807148fb slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso

to be expected since the size are ~1G different, if the size is wrong so would be the checksum

slashmais, is there any way you could verify/double-check the link you used for download?
The larger size (~3.7GB) is close to the size of the source iso (for 14.2_x86!)

If you choose to try and download again, I think you may have better luck using a torrent.
Torrents are supposedly "bit-perfect" as they verify as they go.
http://www.slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php

The site it dowloaded from is: http://ftp.is.co.za/mirror/ftp.slack...nstall-dvd.iso (using wget -c ...)

..download again.. I've got a 3G-connection to the web, dowload rate is sloooow, this download took 2+ days!

(In the meantimer I'm installing virtualbox and will attempt to install this iso in it to see if it is usable
but I would appreciate resolution either way)

You can check its viability immediately with something like:
Assuming that fails in your case (because the download is no good), my guess is that the server doesn't support continuation as requested by -c option of your wget command. In that case, any interruption results in a full download being added to whatever was downloaded before the interruption (my interpretation of -c|--continue option in man wget).

Try using a mirror site.

For whatever reason, I'm not able to download ISOs using the link on the Vector Linux site, but when I use a mirror site, the download completes successfully.

L

@chris.willing: checked with the loop mount & it looks valid

I'm puzzled by the size difference, any ideas what's going on?

Are there any place where I can download a list of md5sums for the included packages,
obviously cannot fully trust the list in the iso?

I emailed slackware(info@) yesterday, but no response (yet?) - do they care?

No it's quite strange. I'd be wary of installing it.

http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar.../CHECKSUMS.md5

It's unlikely they're able to guess what went wrong with an arbitrary download somewhere in the world from one of many mirror sites.

BTW I started to download from the site you mentioned but gave up after 10% completed in about six hours. I have quite a good connection so I guess the server is not well connected. Maybe that's why it took you 2 days to download (rather than your 3G connection). I suggest you do a fresh download from a different site.

chris

Member response
 

Hi,

I would definitely try a different mirror. Try; ftp://elektroni.phys.tut.fi/slackware64-14.2-iso/

I would try wget without the '-c' continue option initially. If you do break the download and then attempt the wget -c and the server does not support continuation then the server will just start over with a unique appending number to the filename. the 'man wget' states that the '-c' is not necessary initially since a check will be made.

You should check the download hash code to insure a valid copy of the downloaded ISO. The '.md5' is provided to allow the user to verify the ISO file. Trust it!

EDIT: Downloading from ftp://elektroni.phys.tut.fi/slackware64-14.2-iso/ with wget http://ftp.is.co.za/mirror/ftp.slack...nstall-dvd.iso download will finish in 3.5 hours. I will check the hash. I need a new ISO image disk for a new laptop. I had a crash on one of my external drives so I lost my original Slackware64 14.2 Install ISO. I cannot find the DVD so I will generate a boot ISO and do the install. I could have done the download from a Desktop and the time would have been cut in half.Too lazy to go to the LAB. I am sitting here watching Golf since our course is closed due to the major rain storms here that flood the course. Pro closed the course and it looks like we won't be on until after next Tuesday. :)

Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!
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