[colug-432] I/O Error?

[Rob Funk]

On Thursday, December 06, 2012 10:30:45 AM FiL Farris wrote:
> Is this a problem with the iso or the hard disk?  I am asking the
> veterans here (as I am interested in learning) as I would have looked at
> it different then what's been answered.

If it were a problem with the .iso file, the error from md5sum would've 
said something about "failed checksum". I/O errors indicate a problem 
getting data into the program in the first place (or writing it out, which 
doesn't apply here). Once it's in the program, the error message gets more 
specific.

I'd venture to say that these days a disk problem may be more likely than a 
corrupted download, since network protocols have lots of error-correction 
built in. Meanwhile, disks are often the first piece of a computer to go 
bad. Or second, after fans. (Power supply itself would be third.)

On 12/02/2012 01:45 PM, Thomas W. cranston wrote:
>  ~/Desktop$ md5sum linuxmint-14.1-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso
>  md5sum: linuxmint-14.1-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso: Input/output error