Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 11:06:02 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: verifying ISO files Message-ID: <3BBF480A.AF44F54F@owt.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011006060850.018005d0@threespace.com>
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Technical Information wrote: > > Okay, so I've downloaded this tremendous ISO for FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE, and I > want to know if the file I've got is the same one that everyone else has. > > How can I check the integrity of this file (signature or something like > that)? Please note that I am NOT running FreeBSD right now, so I'll need a > solution that can be exercised on Windows or Linux. My easy machines to do downloads are running W2K. When I finish the download, I use a program called md5 to check the list of checksums from the download site. I don't remember where I obtained md5. It was someplace like sourceforge or Simtel.net (http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/). You can enter md5 in the search field and it will return a number of choices. Kent > > Please copy me directly on replies. I don't subscirbe. > > Thanks, > Chip Morton > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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