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From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.0.5-ALPHA Install - Cksum problem
Date: 10 Jun 1995 02:23:54 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <3ra30k$n9j@nyx10.cs.du.edu>,
Jamie Raymond <jraymond@nyx10.cs.du.edu> wrote:
>I downloaded the ALPHA distribution on the evening of June 7.
>I've tried installing it from floppy and each time it fails
>to install with a checksum error on bin.ad.  I've downloaded 

We added checksumming code to the floppy installation with the
last rev of 2.0.5A and we broke it.. :-(

It's fixed in the upcoming 2.0.5R - perhaps you just want to wait
another day or so?  Either that or try another installation type.

						Jordan