I wonder could it be only the integrity check sigs are broken and not the iso? I could download the current iso direct and torrent and try a couple installations and find out. I have the time to do this too. Curious. On Tue, 22 May 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 18:20:43 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: talkingarch support off for now > > Hi > > I'm not sure about bittorrent download, but FWIW I succeeded > in downloading the .iso image from the talking arch website, > and booting it from qemu. I didn't check the integrity. > > -joel > > > It's not possible to download the current version over here with > > bittorrent and get a download that will pass integrity checks for whatever > > reason. I thought torrents weren't supposed to have those problems. > > So I downloaded the last dual boot iso which was 2017-01-01dual.iso and > > was able to go into an installation to the point of the pacstrap command. > > Unfortunately, pacstrap complained that all files were corrupt it > > downloaded and wouldn't do the commit. I wouldn't use this older version > > if the current version could pass integrity checks. The maintainer has > > had a power supply failure on hardware he used to roll new releases so he > > can't fix any of the release problems either. > > Is there a way around these errors one could take and still like > > themselves the morning after? > > > > If I can finish an install successfully the only version of talkingarch > > that will be available until new support comes on line will be the > > 2017-01-01dual.iso unless that too is taken off line. > > The integrity problems happen since the .sig files that come with the iso > > will not verify as good once corresponding public keys get downloaded and > > without good .sig files the iso is impossible to verify as well. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list