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From: Jean-Mark Dupoux <jmdupx@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: URGENT:how to down load i386 ISOs?
To: Michael Haertl <michael.haertl@gmx.net>
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there is a DOS version of  md5sum to check the file
integrity too

Jean-Mark
jmdupx_@_yahoo.com


--- Michael Haertl <michael.haertl@gmx.net> wrote:
> Tadimeti Keshav wrote:
> > Specifically, I want to know how to save the file.
> > When I right click & try to save the file it tries
> to
> > save it as '4.4-install'. Should I append '.iso'
> to
> > make it look like '4.4-install-iso'?
> 
> The name is not critical. And you can always rename
> it 
> after downloading.
> 
> It depends on your cd burning program if it accepts
> a 
> file without the extension *.iso.
> 
> > > Q2: What is the file CHECKSUM.MD5 for? Should I
> > > download this also?
> 
> This file is optional. It contains a short
> ascii-string
> of the md5-checksum of the iso-image (just for 
> verification purposes). If you run the command
> 
> md5 <isofilename>      or sometimes
> md5sum <isofilename>
> 
> on a unix-box then you should get the same checksum 
> string printed out after a while.
> 
> HTH
> 
> -- 
> /* Michael Haertl */
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