I can't win.  I just tried downloading the .iso's on a pure Mandrake 8.1
system using ncftp and the checksums still aren't coming up correctly. 
This is the checksum I get from the nerdie.org site...
393084953783e54c348eeb837f8c7918  Mandrake82-cd1-inst.i586.iso

This was the checksum I got when I downloaded the file from
ftp.mirror.ac.uk to a FAT32 partition...
5ea309a04700e714291e7ba1c7aa9084  Mandrake82-cd1-inst.i586.iso

This is the checksum I should get according to md5sums.82 I downloaded
from ftp.mirror.ac.uk...
cda56ed1c9e9ace3de44eba1c36069a7  Mandrake82-cd1-inst.i586.iso

Is anyone else getting these kind of screwball results?

KevinO wrote:
> 
> Digital Wokan wrote:
> > Digital Wokan wrote:
> > Yep.  Either NCFTP or GCombust has failed me badly.  I tried burning the
> > images anyway.  Stupid of me not to test the first CD after burning, but
> > it burned so quickly I decided to knock them all out fast.  I suppose
> > I'll try downloading them to an ext2 partition first and make sure the
> > md5sums come out okay before moving them to a FAT32.
> 
> Once you have checked the md5sums ... Leave them on the Linux side and just
> burn with cdrecord.
> ie:
> 
>    $ cdrecord -scanbus
> 
> to get the magic numbers - (0,0,0) or (0,6,0) or whatever
> 
> then :
> 
>    $ cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,0,0  -data  cd_image
> 
> Set the speed to what you want and use the 'magic numbers' for your
> 'dev=x,y,z'. The cd_image will be the filename of your iso file. (ie : disk1.iso )
> 
> --
> Kevin O'Connor