Installing FreeBSD is interesting... download dvd image, check checksum, all good. Burn it to a dvd+rw and verify write using K3B on Linux, all good.
Try to install it on an actual pc, it complains about md5 checksums not being what they need to be to install.
Installing Linux on the same pc works just fine using the same dvd drive, so the dvd drive malfunctioning is unlikely.
Many Linux distributions give you the option at boot time to verify the boot medium, but I'm not aware of any that do during the install process.
If it's a required step, it needs to work always, or drop the requirement. Giving users the option to verify their install medium is great.
Requiring it does not have to be a problem, but it needs to work always if the device is not defective.
In my case I've verified the download, verified the write to dvd+rw disc, and I know the dvd drive on the machine I'm trying to install on is not defective.
So what is going on here where FreeBSD is refusing to install? Why does it check integrity of the medium during install like no other operating system in existence? All of my due diligence shows no errors on the medium used, yet the FreeBSD installer insists on aborting installing because of md5 checksums.
Using FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso written to a DVD+RW as the install medium to be specific. Trying to install to a 256GB SSD on a 6th Gen Intel system.
I've never seen an operating system this difficult to install as a system administrator. Even experimental ones are not this bad. Linux from scratch is easier than figuring out than this nightmare fuel.
Try to install it on an actual pc, it complains about md5 checksums not being what they need to be to install.
Installing Linux on the same pc works just fine using the same dvd drive, so the dvd drive malfunctioning is unlikely.
Many Linux distributions give you the option at boot time to verify the boot medium, but I'm not aware of any that do during the install process.
If it's a required step, it needs to work always, or drop the requirement. Giving users the option to verify their install medium is great.
Requiring it does not have to be a problem, but it needs to work always if the device is not defective.
In my case I've verified the download, verified the write to dvd+rw disc, and I know the dvd drive on the machine I'm trying to install on is not defective.
So what is going on here where FreeBSD is refusing to install? Why does it check integrity of the medium during install like no other operating system in existence? All of my due diligence shows no errors on the medium used, yet the FreeBSD installer insists on aborting installing because of md5 checksums.
Using FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso written to a DVD+RW as the install medium to be specific. Trying to install to a 256GB SSD on a 6th Gen Intel system.
I've never seen an operating system this difficult to install as a system administrator. Even experimental ones are not this bad. Linux from scratch is easier than figuring out than this nightmare fuel.