Getting nowhere syncing a download

[bob parker]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 04:10, Max Bowsher wrote:
> bob parker wrote:
> > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 03:47, Max Bowsher wrote:
> >> bob parker wrote:
> >>> Ok, here it is.
> >>> bob at debian:~/archive/knoppix$ rsync -vv
> >>> rsync://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
> >>> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
> >>> opening tcp connection to ftp.gwdg.de port 873
> >>> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso is uptodate
> >>> wrote 102 bytes  read 85 bytes  41.56 bytes/sec
> >>> total size is 732921856  speedup is 3919368.21
> >>>
> >>> And the md5sum check
> >>>
> >>> bob at debian:~/archive/knoppix$ md5sum -c
> >>> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso.md5 md5sum: MD5 check failed for
> >>> 'KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso'
> >>>
> >>> I downloaded the md5sum again just to be sure but it still fails.
> >>
> >> Curious. I wonder why rsync thinks the file is up to date.
> >>
> >> Maybe the -I or -c options would make it look more carefully.
> >
> > The -l option (still verbose)
>
> The -(uppercase I) option, not the -(lowercase l) option.
>
The 'L' option:
bob at debian:~/archive/knoppix$ rsync -L -vv 
rsync://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso 
KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
opening tcp connection to ftp.gwdg.de port 873
KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso is uptodate
wrote 103 bytes  read 85 bytes  34.18 bytes/sec
total size is 732921856  speedup is 3898520.51

Repeat c option:
bob at debian:~/archive/knoppix$ rsync -c -vv 
rsync://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso 
KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
opening tcp connection to ftp.gwdg.de port 873
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (24 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(150)

Still the same.

Can't help thinking I'm missing something dreadfully obvious but I'm blind to 
whatever it is.

One thing I did try was to rename the .md5 file and then used rsync to 
download another copy. No options and it just worked. Of course that is a 
tiny file, the one I'm trying to repair is 699 meg so I do not want to do a 
new download of that.

Bob


Bob