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From: barbee@pseudo.berkeley.edu (Troy Barbee)
Subject: Re: Sys7 from ftp.apple.com corrupted?
Message-ID: <1991May17.065556.2317@agate.berkeley.edu>
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Summary:  Yep. Looks that way.
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Keywords:  GIGO, CRC error, frustration
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References: <1991May16.182322.1@sif.claremont.edu> <1991May17.023552.2800@milton.u.washington.edu> <16286@helios.TAMU.EDU>
Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 07:47:56 GMT
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In article <16286@helios.TAMU.EDU>, mkh6317@zeus.tamu.edu (HOWARD, MATTHEW KENDALL) writes...
>I think it is pretty clear that at some point the FDHD images from
>ftp.apple.com became damaged.  I've found some garbage deep in 
>install-1, and can find no apparent visible damage to install-2
>however it also fails under a crc error.   I believe that ftp.apple.com
>crashed for a time around 3 to 4 am early Thursday.  Perhaps that is
>when the damaged occurred.  I got my copy after that time.
> 

I haven't tried to look inside the files, but I managed to download all
six FDHD images Wednesday morning at 2 am right after it came up, and
ALL give CRC errors.  I got in again Thurs. morning at 4 am or so, and
they were still damaged.  I've sent a message to Mjohnson@apple.com 
and he said mine was the second report of bad files and that he'd look
into it when he got a chance.  I guess we have to hang on and wait for
details.

Troy Barbee
barbee@pseudo.berkeley.edu