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Re: ARE there any 2009.1 Powerpack par files?
by rikona
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On Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 2:53:56 PM, James Kerr wrote:
JK> On Wednesday 10 June 2009, rikona wrote:
>> On Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 1:36:10 PM, Thomas Backlund wrote:
>>
>> TB> rikona skrev:
>> >> No reply to the 'where' email, so on to the next question....
>> >> ARE there any 2009.1 Powerpack par files? If not, how does one
>> >> correct errors in the downloaded iso?
>> >>
>> >> hoping to be able to fix it....
>>
>> TB> par files ??
>>
>> Oops - I thought folks here would be familiar with these. PAR files
>> contain error-correction data that can be used to fix files that
>> become corrupted during the upload/download process. Mostly used to
>> fix rar files, but can be used for anything. The file name ends in
>> .par2 and the linux command is 'par2'.
>>
>> For example, I had an error in the 2008.1 Powerpack iso file
>> download. There was a full set of par2 files on the Mandriva site.
>> I downloaded these and was able to fix the error. The advantage of
>> par files is that they are smaller, and can have errors which are
>> also corrected in the 'fix' process. Excellent for fixing files...
>>
>> So, are there any 2009.1 Powerpack par files? :-) I could not find
>> them. Would be verrrrry nice to have them....
>>
JK> I've no idea where the par files are, or if they were actually
JK> provided for 2009.1.
:-((( I'm beginning to think not...
JK> You can use bittorrent to fix a corrupted iso.
JK> At least that's the theory. I've never done it personally, but
JK> I've read reports that it does work.
I've heard that torrents are more reliable. My line is verrrry low
bandwidth - estimated download time for the iso is 3-4 DAYS! The box I
use for big downloads is behind a firewall that can't be changed and
torrents don't work. If they did, I'd have used that instead.
It would be nice if Mandriva would consider folks who are in this
situation. If they ignore us so we can't download, I guess it's off to
another distro...
Another thought - if someone could generate and post a full set of
2009.1 par2 files for download, I'd be eternally grateful. :-) It's
easy and fast to make them if you have a place to post [Mandriva
could, of course, do it quite easily].
Thanks much for the info though,
rikona
JK> On Wednesday 10 June 2009, rikona wrote:
>> On Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 1:36:10 PM, Thomas Backlund wrote:
>>
>> TB> rikona skrev:
>> >> No reply to the 'where' email, so on to the next question....
>> >> ARE there any 2009.1 Powerpack par files? If not, how does one
>> >> correct errors in the downloaded iso?
>> >>
>> >> hoping to be able to fix it....
>>
>> TB> par files ??
>>
>> Oops - I thought folks here would be familiar with these. PAR files
>> contain error-correction data that can be used to fix files that
>> become corrupted during the upload/download process. Mostly used to
>> fix rar files, but can be used for anything. The file name ends in
>> .par2 and the linux command is 'par2'.
>>
>> For example, I had an error in the 2008.1 Powerpack iso file
>> download. There was a full set of par2 files on the Mandriva site.
>> I downloaded these and was able to fix the error. The advantage of
>> par files is that they are smaller, and can have errors which are
>> also corrected in the 'fix' process. Excellent for fixing files...
>>
>> So, are there any 2009.1 Powerpack par files? :-) I could not find
>> them. Would be verrrrry nice to have them....
>>
JK> I've no idea where the par files are, or if they were actually
JK> provided for 2009.1.
:-((( I'm beginning to think not...
JK> You can use bittorrent to fix a corrupted iso.
JK> At least that's the theory. I've never done it personally, but
JK> I've read reports that it does work.
I've heard that torrents are more reliable. My line is verrrry low
bandwidth - estimated download time for the iso is 3-4 DAYS! The box I
use for big downloads is behind a firewall that can't be changed and
torrents don't work. If they did, I'd have used that instead.
It would be nice if Mandriva would consider folks who are in this
situation. If they ignore us so we can't download, I guess it's off to
another distro...
Another thought - if someone could generate and post a full set of
2009.1 par2 files for download, I'd be eternally grateful. :-) It's
easy and fast to make them if you have a place to post [Mandriva
could, of course, do it quite easily].
Thanks much for the info though,
rikona
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