Mepis RC3 is out

yamawho · 03-24-2007, 05:46 PM

Here is a link for bit-torrent torrent download ...

http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=3785

fpd · 03-29-2007, 02:36 AM

Is Mepis checksum calculated with MD5SUM or SHA1SUM?

Every time I download Mepis 6.0 (most recent release on the mirrors), the MD5SUM does not match the .MD5SUM text file. Many attempts were made with KGET and Firefox's Download manager. Here's what I get (same results for the many mirrors I tried):

fpd@mybox:~$ cat SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.md5sum
f53d134974db0d24aa97925e3707ab4c SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso

fpd@mybox:~$ md5sum SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso
6e536dbd363d04b9395ba39f01bc1557 SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso

Am I going crazy, or have I already arrived?

Frank_v7 · 03-29-2007, 11:33 AM

fpd, Save your sanity and just download 6.5 RC3. It's close to perfect. 6.5 final will be out soon and you can just update to it from RC3 using Synaptic.

fpd · 03-29-2007, 11:17 PM

6.5r3 worked. Curious that the Mepis 6.0 md5 checksum calculation and text file did not match.

archtoad6 · 03-30-2007, 08:00 AM

Are you aware that the "-c" option for md5sum will eliminate 1 step? Here are my results:

Code:

$ md5sum -c SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.md5sum
SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso: OK

I decided to also run the same commands you did:

Code:

$ cat SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.md5sum
f53d134974db0d24aa97925e3707ab4c  SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso

$ md5sum SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso
f53d134974db0d24aa97925e3707ab4c  SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso

& compare to your results:

Code:

fpd@mybox:~$ cat SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.md5sum
f53d134974db0d24aa97925e3707ab4c  SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso

fpd@mybox:~$ md5sum SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso 
6e536dbd363d04b9395ba39f01bc1557  SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso

I d/l'd the file some time back & don't remember which mirror I used. Do you remember which ones you used? I wonder if there is any chance you could possibly have found some bad mirrors.

mepnoob2005 · 03-30-2007, 10:11 AM

The mirrors have been pathetic with the md5sums for the last month or so. The best place to get MEPIS now is linuxtracker. I have been seeding a good version of 6.5.32.rc3 for a week or since it was released as some others have been seeding from MEPISlovers site. You can get the 64 bit version from linuxtracker too.

fpd · 03-31-2007, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by archtoad6

Are you aware that the "-c" option for md5sum will eliminate 1 step? Here are my results:

Code:

$ md5sum -c SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.md5sum
SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso: OK

I decided to also run the same commands you did:

Code:

$ cat SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.md5sum
f53d134974db0d24aa97925e3707ab4c  SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso

$ md5sum SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso
f53d134974db0d24aa97925e3707ab4c  SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso

& compare to your results:

Code:

fpd@mybox:~$ cat SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.md5sum
f53d134974db0d24aa97925e3707ab4c  SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso

fpd@mybox:~$ md5sum SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso 
6e536dbd363d04b9395ba39f01bc1557  SimplyMEPIS_6.0_i386.iso

I d/l'd the file some time back & don't remember which mirror I used. Do you remember which ones you used? I wonder if there is any chance you could possibly have found some bad mirrors.

I do not remember the exact mirrors, but I tried three mid-west U.S. universities.

I did not know the -c argument existed. I never thought to man it. By the way... I'm running 6.5r3 now, and it is SCHWEEET (slang: very nice). I will be over-writing Ubuntu Edgy in a few minutes.