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OK I am retarded - where can I download Linux distros?

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tm37

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I have gone to linuxiso.org and I have selected a few different distros, mandrake and redhat specifically.

I down load them and then when I go to burn them I get a block error something and then I select ignore.

The mandrake disk installed with some errors. (I couldn't get into the comp config thing)

The red hat starts the install then says to insert the red hat disk :Q

I can do an install over FTP if I understood how to do that. Red Hat does give me that option.

I see all kinds of bittorrent links, is bit torrent like a p2p program?

I just want to get ISO's so I can install them. I tried downloading direct from redhat but i cannot connect.

 
Get the ISOs and then burn them at a really slow rate of speed. That always fixes any problems.
 
Originally posted by: CTho9305
Originally posted by: tm37
Originally posted by: sciencewhiz
and check the md5sum of the isos before burning them
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yet another stupid question. HOW?
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bittorrent autoamtically verifies that the file is not corrupt
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It verifies that the file does not differ from the torrented file, but this wouldn't be of much use if the original file was corrupt.

It certainly can't hurt to verify the file against the md5sum from an FTP, etc. source.
 
you run the program that BBWF linked on the file you download, and you compare the string of characters you get to the md5sum from a trusted source (for example, the companies ftp site). If they are the same, you have a high confidence that the download is correct.
 
Originally posted by: tm37
when I run that file BBWF linked it just opens and closes.
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Using the executable & md5sum from BBWF's link as an example:

$ md5sum -c MD5SUM

This should output "md5sum.exe: OK".

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