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