fabian dacunha wrote: > actually i used wget to download it > but im 100% sure there was no file b4 in the same directory with the same > name > also the md5sum was different as i said b4 for the second file > > actually here the message for you info > > wget http://centos.bio.lmu.de/5.2/isos/i386/CentOS-5.2-i386-bin-DVD.iso > --23:38:42-- > http://centos.bio.lmu.de/5.2/isos/i386/CentOS-5.2-i386-bin-DVD.iso > Resolving centos.bio.lmu.de... 141.84.43.23, 2001:4ca0:4300::1:17 > Connecting to centos.bio.lmu.de|141.84.43.23|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 4020600832 (3.7G) [application/octet-stream] > Saving to: `CentOS-5.2-i386-bin-DVD.iso' > > 1% [ ] 52,617,147 119K/s > in 6m 55s > > 23:45:37 (124 KB/s) - Connection closed at byte 52617147. Retrying. > > yes, your first attempted bombed > --23:45:38-- (try: 2) > http://centos.bio.lmu.de/5.2/isos/i386/CentOS-5.2-i386-bin-DVD.iso > Connecting to centos.bio.lmu.de|141.84.43.23|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 206 Partial Content > Length: 4020600832 (3.7G), 3967983685 (3.7G) remaining > [application/octet-stream] > Saving to: `CentOS-5.2-i386-bin-DVD.iso.1' > > and the 2nd try saved it to the .1 file > 100%[===========================================>] 4,020,600,832 179K/s > in 5h 25m > > 05:11:37 (198 KB/s) - `CentOS-5.2-i386-bin-DVD.iso.1' saved > [4020600832/4020600832] > --------------- > > and APPEARS to have completed. Try deleting the partial .iso file, and renaming the .1 file to the correct filename and then run the md5sum check again. > i think i should use torrent to download it > or, yeah, do it over that way.