Types of partitions

[Ron]

On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 14:51, Joe wrote:
> I'm sure others on the list can be more precise, but basically you find 
> the md5 checksum displayed on the website you downloaded from.   I's a 
> bunch of hex digits in human readable form.  Then you run md5sum on the 
> image you downloaded and compare the result to the original.  It's 
> around 20 or 30 characters long, so it's not too hard to do.  If it 
> doesn't match, you don't pass go and collect $200 - download again.  
> This also serves the purpose of protecting you from hacked websites.  If 
> you have a valid md5sum, but someone replaced the file you want with 
> something not so nice, you'll find out by checking the checksum instead 
> of the hard way.  This has actually happened on a number of commercial 
> and open source websites, so it's good to check whenever a checksum is 
> provided.
> 
> The only part I'm not sure about is whether or not you need to check the 
> sum after burning too.  It might not be necessary, but since it only 
> takes a few seconds it won't hurt to do it again.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Joe
> 
> TheCactusKid Cactus wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > */Joe <josephj at main.nc.us>/* wrote:
> >
> >     You probably know this, but be sure to check the md5sum of
> >     anything you
> >     download and burn. There are a lot of slips between the cup and
> >     the lip
> >     and you can avoid trying to debug a whole slew of "non-existent"
> >     problems by making sure your images are good before you start.
> >
> >     Joe
> >
> >     Hi Joe
> >
> >     Well not really, how do you do that in order to make sure that the
> >     iso's are good before one starts a burn? I would like to get good
> >     burns and no failures. ie: wasted cd-r's and time.
> >
> >     Thanks, tHecActUsKid:)

If you download the ISO from a Linux box, simply open a terminal and use
the command

#md5sum filename.iso

it will return the same number as the posted md5sum if the file is ok.

If you use a Windows box to download the file someone else can tell us
both how it is done.

Not sure if the md5sum can be checked after burning as the cd will not
contain the ISO file, rather the contents of the ISO will be there
separated into their proper directories.  Some please correct me if I am
mistaken.
-- 
Cheers
Ron
ronb at cogeco.ca