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   root to Henrik Carlqvist   
   Re: Please suggest a mirror   
   17 May 22 01:54:39   
   
   From: NoEMail@home.org   
      
   Henrik Carlqvist  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 15 May 2022 16:52:59 +0000, Rich wrote:   
   >> Also, verify you got the data without something glitching by checking   
   >> the files using the CHECKSUMS.md5 file before you try moving to a stick   
   >> or booting what you download.  If the checksums match, you can be   
   >> reasonably sure you have the same bytes as the original file, so any   
   >> failure to boot is something that is occurring on your end after the   
   >> download.   
   >   
   > If you want to be really sure that the files are OK you could also check   
   > the gnupg signature of the file CHECKSUMS.md5 by running:   
   >   
   > gpg --verify CHECKSUMS.md5.asc   
   >   
      
   Thanks for responding Henrik. The md5sum did check, that was not my   
   problem. I had done: dd if=isofile of=/dev/somedev. The resulting   
   USB stick did not boot. Instead I used unetbootin and got a working   
   stick.   
      
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