[ubuntu-in] Better way to correct hash failed downloads

[Saaz Rai]

My suggestion is to use Torrents, which will resolve all your issues plus it
will immensely help the community by sharing the file.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:56 AM, NARENDRA DIWATE
<narendra.diwate at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi
>
> I use wget to download Linux ISO's and similar large files, but often find
> them to fail on hash check. This could be because the download happens in
> multiple attempts either due to net failure or power failure (UPS has conked
> sometime back). Wget fails to correct the hash fail downloads and insists
> that the download is complete.
>
> The strategy that i use to correct these hash fail downloads is to use
> torrents to download the broken pieces where available. trouble is not all
> are also available as torrent downloads and i cant download a fresh copy as
> i have a limited data plan net connection. So i would request the learned
> here to advice on a few Q's:
>
> 1. Options on Wget that will correct any incomplete downloads.
>
> 2. What other options are available to correct a hash failed download that
> will be data efficient in that it will only download the corrupt or
> incomplete pieces.
>
> 3. What options are available if the server does not support resume
> downloads.
>
> 4. Also i have seen quite a few links on the ubuntu download mirrors that i
> dont understand. e.g. .jigdo, .link, .metalink, .template etc. How do we use
> them.
>
> Regards
>
> Narendra Diwate
>
>
>
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