[GRLUG] Hash Sum Mismatch

Michael Mol mikemol at gmail.com
Wed Jan 16 21:49:39 EST 2008


On Jan 16, 2008 9:19 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> I installed Kubuntu 7.10 on a new
> machine, and started to install some
> packages using apt-get.  Seems most
> to everything I asked for got the
> response "insert system media," or words
> to that effect, and then I invariably would
> get "Hash Sum Mismatch."
>
> Looking on the web,  I discover this is a
> common problem.  One solution was
> something like:
>
> Patient:  Doctor, it hurts when I do this.
>
> Doctor:  Don't do that.
>
> In this case the suggestion was to comment
> out the line in /etc/apt/sources.list having to
> do with the CDROM.
>
> That did in fact cure most of what was ailing
> things, but it still seems like a bug, cured by
> what M$ would call a patch.
>
> Anyone know in any detail what "Hash Sum
> Mismatch" is saying?  It sounds like a corrupt
> DVD, but then the OS appears to have installed
> without problems.
>
> I have no particular desire to get to the CDROM,
> because the newest stuff will not be there, but I'd
> still like to have a better idea what is going on.

Do you know which script is raising the error?

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