md5sum

[Cyber Source]

Also, if you are really a newcomer, you need to download the md5sum file
itself, this is a file usually located where you downloaded the iso's
from, if you haven't done so already, download that file. In that file
are the results you should see when you run the md5sum on the iso(s). To
see this file from the command prompt, type "less nameofmd5sumfile"
without the quotes, the results will be shown for each respective iso.
When you run the md5sum command on the iso, it should be EXACTLY the
same key as listed in the md5sum file. Hope this helps....
On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 21:02, Dave Andruczyk wrote:

> > I am a Linux newcomer.  I have downloaded and burned Mandrake 9.1 ISO's.  
> > After installation it seems a lot of things are not working properly and 
> > others are just plain broken.  Am questioning the integrity of my download 
> > and would appreciate anyone who can tell me how to check my cd's against the 
> > md5sums.  I did check the md5sum man page and would appear to be just a 
> > little too unknowledgable for it to have been much help.
> 
> I'm not sure if Mandrake has this feature or not, but the new Redhat CD's ask
> you if you want to verify them just before the install.  IF it doesn't the way
> to do it is:
> 
> in the directory where the ISO files are, run "md5sum cd1.iso" and such for
> each CD iso file.  It will take a while to run, and spit out a long number,
> compare that the the MD5SUM file you can download withthe ISO's  if they match,
> then your ISO's are OK.
> 
> As for things being broken after install, can you elaborate more on that?
> 
> 
> 
> =====
> Dave J. Andruczyk
> 
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