redhat9 disc1 ISO size discrepency

[harry349]

Hello all,

Despite the advent of Fedora, I was going to download and install the somewhat dated RedHat 9. My direct questions is this.

Some mirrors list the following for the ISO files to download:

03/14/2003 12:00AM    668,991,488 shrike-i386-disc1.iso
03/14/2003 12:00AM    677,511,168 shrike-i386-disc2.iso
03/14/2003 12:00AM    508,592,128 shrike-i386-disc3.iso

Whereas others list this:

09/03/2003 12:00AM    669,122,560 shrike-i386-disc1.iso
03/14/2003 12:00AM    677,511,168 shrike-i386-disc2.iso
03/14/2003 12:00AM    508,592,128 shrike-i386-disc3.iso

Notice that the size and date of disc 1 is a little different. Does anyone know why this would be? Discs 2 and 3 are always the same, but was there a problem with the original disc1 and some mirrors just didn't update? Or should I be wary of the newer "modified" file?

I was surprised to not find much about this by doing a google search. As an additional point, if anyone feels like trying to sell me on Fedora, Mandrake, Suse, Debian, or something else, feel free, but I am really hoping for a definitive answer to my question...

TIA,
harry349

[ooop]

There shouldn't be a problem at all. Check the dates, and you will se that
they differ, which means that

03/14/2003 12:00AM 668,991,488 shrike-i386-disc1.iso
(from first list)
was created earlier than
09/03/2003 12:00AM 669,122,560 shrike-i386-disc1.iso
(from the other list)

That simply means that between 03/14/2003 and 09/03/2003 they made changes to certain programs or files, that only affected disc 1.
In short, I would use the most recent iso file.

/ooop

[lordnothing]

if you look at the time stamp, the larger of the two versions is about 6mos newer than the other one.. to me that would suggest a bugfix/update that didn't quite make it to all the mirrors... if you're in doubt, look for the md5 sums on the mirror as well and check them when you d/l the ISO