Something else too. I learned this the hard way. If one set of iso's doesn't work, download the next one when they came out, that's how I got myne to work. Thanks, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 8:46 AM Subject: There's Nothing Wrong With the Tettnang ISOs > You can't blame the iso files for bad procedure and improper handling by > users. There have been some very wacky statements on this list about > what people have tried to do. The fact that many others have had no > problems serves as ample testimony to the fact that the published images > are just as they shpould be . To believe otherwise is to believe that > somehow the computer knows who you are and has decided to treat you > mean. That's just downright coo-coo. > > Hope has nothing to do it. Proper procedure is everything. At the risk > of repeating myself too often: > > 1.) Get a full set of four cd rom images from a single release. > There are frequently more than one release per month, so be careful. You > cannot mix releases. You cannot > DOWNLOAD ONE TODAY, AND THE NEXT ONE NEXT WEEK. tHAT WON'T WORK. > > 1.) Don't mix releases. Be careful to get a full set of four images > from the same release. The iso images are updated often, so don't think > you can download one today and the next one next week. There are > frequently more than one update of the Speakup Modified per month. So, > be careful of the dates. > > 2.) Run an md5sum check on the files you've downloaded. If all four > files don't pass, there's no point in going further. You must have a > full set from one release that fully pass the md5sum test. No > exceptions. > > 3.) After burning CD ROMs, run the md5sum check on each CD ROM disk. > All four must pass md5sum or the install will fail. Don't think you're > smarter than that--or accept your consequences in good grace without > complaining. You get what you deserve if you think you will out fox the > basics. > > ace writes: > > I hope there are no problems. > > I've seen a lot of posts on this list regarding problems with the > > Fedora > > Core2 ISOs. > > I have a friend sending me the CDs that he burnt. If they have > > problems, > > and I have to send him more disks, I'm going to be rather unhappy... > > > > At 02:33 AM 7/2/04, you wrote: > > >hi, > > >I always use wget to retrieve the isos with and i never had problems. > > >Here in South Africa we have some times lines that drop etc. > > >I have downloaded the fedora modified for speakup disks with no > > >problems. > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Chair > Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > http://a11y.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
