[ale] File size

[Scott Castaline]

Terry Bailey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have downloaded Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso
>
> Using direct download, the file size is:  2,758,471,516
>
> Using BitTorrent, the file size is: 3,580,680,192
>
> I am sure that both ways finished the download.  Could anyone explain 
> the difference in file size and which file, if any, is the correct 
> one?  I know that BitTorrent automatically does verification.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry Bailey
>
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If it helps, I have already installed F 9 and I too had downloaded via 
bit-torrent. The 3.3GB file would be the correct one to use. I used 
SHA1SUM (?) to verify the download. All seemed to be fine with that one.