aru Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 JeroenM Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 594 Location: Leuven, Belgium Post Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2002 8:25 pm Post subject: md5sum in windows _________________________________________________________________ before you burn any isos to CD you must first check whether the download was good. that's what a md5sum does. these links point to some places where you can get an application to check your md5sum. http://www.iay.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/threel...h/tools/md5.htm http://www.acme-ids.org/downloads/windows/.../others/md5sum/ http://www.md5summer.org/ JeroenM Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 594 Location: Leuven, Belgium Post Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2002 8:29 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ also discussed at: http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.php?t=5078 ramfree17 Moderator Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 1262 Location: Philippines Post Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 8:38 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ to check the md5sum of an already burnt cd you could try Code: $ cat /dev/cdrom | md5sum >> verify.md5 and manually check the resulting md5sum. this however requires two things: 1) a running linux system with md5sum. if you only have windows then one of those floppy-based distros would do it for you. 2) the correct cdrom /dev device. i have to adjust mine to /dev/hdd to make use of my slave CDROM drive. ciao! Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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