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will mdk-9.1 installer support checking ISO/CD ?


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Redhat-8.0 has this cool feature that the installer can verify the md5sum of the CDs which is really a great advantage. I wonder if mandrake 9.1 is going to do the same. It would save a lot of trouble for all users doing install from ISO/CD/DVD.

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IUf you mean prm-verifying, that is done already as far as I know, for the cd's, just use the command: md5sum cdName.

 

it gives the md5sum and you can check it with the file you find with the iso's. There is an option --check(for automatically comparison), but don't know the exact format for that. Anyway, this takes maybe one minute or less.

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IUf you mean prm-verifying, that is done already as far as I know, for the cd's, just use the command: md5sum cdName.
U got me wrong. I am talking of the mandrake installer itself verfyiing the CD/ISO before installation. You can use the command
md5sum

only if you have an existing linux install. Or you can use some equivalent utility in your existing MS windows install. What happens if you do not have any other OS installed ?

Also, most newbies won't know how to do it (if they at all know that there is something called a checksum). This featrue is there is redhat-8.0 and its really a novel one (not even MS windows has this).

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