Guest johncoom Posted July 22, 2004 Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 If you have downloaded 1 or more ISO's in MS-Windows you should also get the MD5sum as well (its a text file) and check each ISO has the same alpha-numeric number as in the MD5sum text file. If it does not, the ISO you downloaded is bad. The best application I know of to check a md5sum in windows = winmd5sum From Solidblue Software - it is Open Source and completely Free read about it and get it here:- http://winmd5sum.solidblue.biz/ TAKE NOTE: when you use it on an ISO it WILL TAKE a little while to generate the md5sum number - BUT - so does the Linux command line of:- md5sum filename.iso So just wait for it to happen - do not think it is not working at all. Also after the alpha-numeric number has been generated with Winmd5sum, you can copy the number thats in the md5sum text file & paste it the lower box and use Compare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted July 22, 2004 Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 Nice! I hoped there was one of these when I was installing mandrake, My 3rd CD was corrupted, good job! -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imwithstupid Posted July 22, 2004 Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 i've used fsum and it works like a charm. It runs from the console with lines like "fsum *.iso" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 22, 2004 Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 We have a FAQ which covers both Linux and Windows md5sum checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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