From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 5 14:00:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA19922 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 14:00:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-4.mail.demon.net (relay-4.mail.demon.net [158.152.1.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA19912 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 14:00:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-4.mail.demon.net id aa06743; 5 Aug 96 21:00 GMT Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa05035; 5 Aug 96 21:55 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.12) id SAA02315; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 18:42:27 GMT From: James Raynard Message-Id: <199608051842.SAA02315@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: perhaps i am just stupid. To: Don Yuniskis Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 18:42:27 +0000 () Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199608051411.HAA25981@seagull.rtd.com> from "Don Yuniskis" at Aug 5, 96 07:11:40 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > bin/cat > > bin/chmod > > /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error > > DEBUG: request for bin/bin.ab from dos > > > > gunzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated > > DEBUG: switching back to VTY1 > > /stand/spio: premature end of file > > Hmmm... seems like this pops up quite often in recent complaints. Indeed. > Is there a nice "easy" way for folks to verify checksums, etc. > of their files before installing? Can this be added to the FAQ cat bin.* | gzip -t - is nice and easy, but requires a fully functioning Unix box... Although I believe both these utilities have been ported to DOS. Perhaps someone with the time and inclination could knock up a batch file to do this? gzip.exe is already on the CDROM and I don't see any reason why cat.exe couldn't be added.