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Re:Apple has a bug in its disk I/O throttling code that affe... by stazz1 on Saturday June 18, 2022 @12:16PM (#31791212)
what does a checksum do
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Re:Apple has a bug in its disk I/O throttling code that affe... by pronoiac on Saturday June 18, 2022 @01:07PM (#31791730)
Sorry, I didn't mean "the iso was mangled in transit," I meant "they appear to not understand iso."

The iso checksum verified without issue. Looking into it a bit, this might have something to do with UEFI firmware that only had FAT32 drivers. It started the install fine, but it broke when it hit a 4+ gig file, which would probably look truncated.

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Re:Apple has a bug in its disk I/O throttling code that affe... by stazz1 on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @04:23PM (#31828700)
i'm curious if bits can be altered and the checksum is the same -- it seems like checksum is for file length but not necessarily contents?
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