[RESOLVED]Something wrong with iso downloads?

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[RESOLVED]Something wrong with iso downloads?

Postby Xhermin » Nov 24th, '15, 23:36

I've tried to direct-download the Classic installation iso for Mageia 5 (x32) from two different mirrors (US and Canada), and after sitting through the whole process (20 minutes to 2 hours, depending on mirror tried) I end up with a 0-byte file. I already have viable copies of the Live version, I need the Classic to install Mageia with LXDE desktop. It has to be direct download, because I'm doing so from a public internet cafe where torrenting is not an option.
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Re: Something wrong with iso downloads?

Postby doktor5000 » Nov 25th, '15, 01:18

What browser/downloader do you use, and to what filesystem do you download?
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Re: [RESOLVED]Something wrong with iso downloads?

Postby Xhermin » Nov 25th, '15, 19:29

Had to rush out as the d/l "finished" last night, the cafe was closing. Discovered that the FILES were fine. It's just that the Firefox download manager window (current version, 38.*) was incorrectly reporting the final downloaded file sizes as zero. Double-checking in the File Manager (which I only got to today) showed both downloads (and a third attempt as well) were all the correct (3.4GiB) size! Is that weird or what?
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Re: [RESOLVED]Something wrong with iso downloads?

Postby doktor5000 » Nov 25th, '15, 19:32

Be sure to verify the checksums against your downloaded files as suggested on the download pages.
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Re: [RESOLVED]Something wrong with iso downloads?

Postby Xhermin » Nov 28th, '15, 03:57

Did that, checksum was correct. Will actually try doing the install using new DVD Monday. FWIW the machine I was using was running PCLinuxOS.
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