# ALPHA-OS-RC1 — sizes (print these beside the hashes, always)

| Item | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| Full archive (zstd) | 3935167144 bytes | `3048309c2b68c6a21cef1f8bb402eceac93a530bbc50590521b1306ce7edcc54` |
| Full disk image (qcow2, decompressed) | 9880403968 bytes | `bdec83a848180bde2913c90543d80fc77bc18a9a102cb3f1c549119460fb2928` |
| Parts | 8 × ≤ 512 MiB | see SHA256SUMS.txt |

56k honesty: at a real-world 56k modem (~5 KB/s) the full archive takes
about 9.1 days of continuous downloading. It ships in 8 parts
with per-part hashes, and every part resumes — a dropped line loses
nothing. Updates after install arrive as small deltas, never a
whole-OS re-download.

Reassemble:  cat ALPHA-OS-RC1-FULL-DISK-IMAGE.img.zst.part-* > ALPHA-OS-RC1-FULL-DISK-IMAGE.img.zst
Verify:      sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt
Decompress:  zstd -d ALPHA-OS-RC1-FULL-DISK-IMAGE.img.zst