This time [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes daring and writes: > I guess I just needed to clarify the use of md5sum. When executing > <md5sum -c Mandrake81-cd3-supp.i586.iso>, why do I get <md5sum: > Mandrake81-cd3-supp.i586.iso: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines > found>? When I execute <md5sum Mandrake81-cd3-supp.i586.iso> I get an > md5sum displayed which matches the md5sum in the md5sums.81 > file. Isn't the md5sum embedded in the iso so that the -c switch > will
No. The md5sum is in a file in the dir of the ISOs called something.md5 and that's the file you run with -c against, while being in the dir where the ISOs and .md5 file are at. Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
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