There's Nothing Wrong With the Tettnang ISOs

[nick G]

Something else too.  I learned this the hard way.  If one set of iso's
doesn't work, download the next one when they came out, that's how I got
myne to work.
Thanks,
Nick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 8:46 AM
Subject: There's Nothing Wrong With the Tettnang ISOs


> You can't blame the iso files for bad procedure and improper handling by
> users. There have been some very wacky statements on this list about
> what people have tried to do. The fact that many others have had no
> problems serves as ample testimony to the fact that the published images
> are just as they shpould be . To believe otherwise is to believe that
> somehow the computer knows who you are and has decided to treat you
> mean. That's just downright coo-coo.
>
> Hope has nothing to do it. Proper procedure is everything. At the risk
> of repeating myself too often:
>
> 1.) Get a full set of four cd rom images from a single release.
> There are frequently more than one release per month, so be careful. You
> cannot mix releases. You cannot
> DOWNLOAD ONE TODAY, AND THE NEXT ONE NEXT WEEK. tHAT WON'T WORK.
>
> 1.) Don't mix releases. Be careful to get a full set of four images
> from the same release. The iso images are updated often, so don't think
> you can download one today and the next one next week. There are
> frequently more than one update of the Speakup Modified per month. So,
> be careful of the dates.
>
> 2.) Run an md5sum check on the files you've downloaded. If all four
> files don't pass, there's no point in going further. You must have a
> full set from one release that fully pass the md5sum test. No
> exceptions.
>
> 3.) After burning CD ROMs, run the md5sum check on each CD ROM disk.
> All four must pass md5sum or the install will fail. Don't think you're
> smarter than that--or accept your consequences in good grace without
> complaining. You get what you deserve if you think you will out fox the
> basics.
>
> ace writes:
> > I hope there are no problems.
> > I've seen a lot of posts on this list regarding problems with the
> > Fedora
> > Core2 ISOs.
> > I have a friend sending me the CDs that he burnt. If they have
> > problems,
> > and I have to send him more disks, I'm going to be rather unhappy...
> >
> > At 02:33 AM 7/2/04, you wrote:
> > >hi,
> > >I always use wget to retrieve the isos with and i never had problems.
> > >Here in South Africa we have some times lines that drop etc.
> > >I have downloaded the fedora modified for speakup disks with no
> > >problems.
> >
>
> -- 
>
> Janina Sajka, Chair
> Accessibility Workgroup
> Free Standards Group (FSG)
>
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