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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.

What browser/downloader do you use, and to what filesystem do you download?

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?

Be sure to verify the checksums against your downloaded files as suggested on the download pages.

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