Didn't you promise the group you<br>were gone forever? Or hopefully<br>even longer?<br><br>Note this is a TOP post. And the<br>lines are short.<br><br>Remember? <br><br> -Bob<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 16, 2008 11:58 PM, Greg Folkert <
<a href="mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net">greg@gregfolkert.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">
<br>On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 21:19 -0500, Bob Kline wrote:<br>> 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></div>Really, how would you make that leap?
<br><br>Explain to me how this would be comparable to a patch from Microsoft?<br><br>Better yet, let tell you how it is NOT comparable.<br><br>The fact that you have Internet connectivity, means that you have more than likely gotten an updated set of "package lists and checksums" from the Ubuntu repositories.
<br><br>And the fact that you had the CD/DVD in the drive after you checked/updated. And *SINCE* you had updated your list, the first source listed is typically the CD/DVD... but wait the Checksums have been updated from online sources... but the installation program grabs the first available... being the CD/DVD with it being wrong size/calculated value.
<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><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></div>And Bob, stop telling stories. With no particular desire for the CDROM, why even worry about it then. The CDROM image passes it checksum, but only after you effectively "apt-get update" does the problem even rear its head.
<br><br>The real problem is where the installation program looks for things and what it grabs. Being a simple error in the installer (or as you said a bug).<br><br>But wait a PATCH is typically a replacement program or set of libraries, or some other kind of programming reference file.
<br><br>No, this particular problem would be "windows registry hack" equivalent, not a patch. Quit thinking that Linux is Windows. It isn't even close to being that bad.<br><br>Modifying a config file as a workaround? Feh, don't even begin to make me laugh, Microsoft's workarounds for these kinds of things are HUGE and unwieldy, where as putting in a simple "octothorpe" in front of the "source" line fixed this.
<br><br>I guess, I just never quite understand your never ending inability to see things wrongly.<br><br>Yes, for those that care, this is harsh, but there is a point. If you don't know, then learn.<br><font color="#888888">
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