Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:03:29 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Razvan Sandu <rsandu@go.ro> Cc: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A FAQ about FreeBSD download Message-ID: <20020826090329.GS21595@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <005801c24cd9$f72d98d0$0f05280a@connetro.com> References: <000601c24ccf$9c2fba30$0f05280a@connetro.com> <20020826073506.GC8948@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <005801c24cd9$f72d98d0$0f05280a@connetro.com>
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> From: "Razvan Sandu" <rsandu@go.ro>
> To: "Jonathan Chen" <jonc@chen.org.nz>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Subject: Re: A FAQ about FreeBSD download
> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:24:15 +0300
Razvan, please, don't top-post. Also, I'm sure you're used to it (I
know I was when I was using windows), but could you please do
something about your mail client mutilating quoted text?
> ----- 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:
> > > 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.
> 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 ...
% (md5 file.iso | diff CHECKSUM.MD5 -) || echo "doesn't match"
this assumes the .MD5 file contains a single checksum.
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