[lug] Fedora Core 9 Bad ISO images?

[Hugh Brown]

Bill Thoen wrote:
> I don't know how to use rsync, but the man page seems straight-forward 
> enough. However, I'm not sure what to use as the "SRC". I went to 
> mirrors.kernel.org and saw an rsync link, but how do I tell it I want to 
> just check the fedora core 9,  i386,  iso images. I don't want to try 
> something like: rsync rsynch://mirrors.kernel.org/mirrors/ and discover 
> that it downloads everything in sight.  Can you give me an example of 
> how to rsync check Fedora-9-i386-disc2.iso?
> 
> As an aside, I checked the file sizes listed in the FTP section for FC9, 
> and they aren't even close to the sizes of the ones I have -- even for 
> the iso images that I used to make  the discs that tested good. Now I'm 
> really confused... Is there one release of FC9 i386 iso images or several?
> 
> - Bill Thoen
> 


rsync has a -n flag, that in my mind stands for "not really" It will let 
you try it out without actually transferring anything.

I'd do this:

cd /dir/with/iso/in/it
md5sum Fedora-9-i386-disc2.iso
# this should all be on one line
rsync -nv 
rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/9/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-9-i386-disc2.iso 
.

md5sum Fedora-9-i386-disc2.iso

There's a final period to indicate PWD.

Hugh