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From: "Ian Barnes" <ian@cerebellum.za.net>
To: "Razvan Sandu" <rsandu@go.ro>
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Subject: RE: A FAQ about FreeBSD download
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:57:12 +0200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Razvan Sandu
> Sent: 26 August 2002 10:24
> To: Jonathan Chen; questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: A FAQ about FreeBSD download
>
>
> Please excuse my ignorance on this subject, but would you please
> explain how
> should I do that, exactly ? On Linux, I usually use rpms and the check is
> done automatically ...
>
> Regards,
> Razvan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Chen" <jonc@chen.org.nz>
> To: "Razvan Sandu" <rsandu@go.ro>
> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 10:35 AM
> Subject: Re: A FAQ about FreeBSD download
>
>
> > On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 10:10:07AM +0300, Razvan Sandu wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > Even if I've read the docs, I didn't find an answer to the following
> > > question - which is almost a FAQ. Would you please help me ?
> > >
> > > Is there any way to verify the integrity of the FreeBSD .iso files
> BEFORE
> > > actually burning 'em on CD (or AFTER, for verifying the CD)? I mean an
> > > option similar to the "mediacheck" feature recently introduced in Red
> Hat's
> > > install program...
> >
> > That's what they CHECKSUM.MD5 is for. It contains a md5 checksum of
> > the related ISO's. Compare it with what you've got.
> > --
> > Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >                          Power corrupts, Absolute Power is pretty neat
>
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You type md5 <filename>, it will print out a md5 number, and compare it with
what is in checksum.md5

Ian

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