nightmorph 06/05/22 20:55:18 Modified: hb-install-stage.xml Log: Added portage snapshot integrity check to the handbook for bug #133449. Seems like a good idea, and all that.
Revision Changes Path 1.96 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml?rev=1.96&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml?rev=1.96&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml.diff?r1=1.95&r2=1.96&cvsroot=gentoo Index: hb-install-stage.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml,v retrieving revision 1.95 retrieving revision 1.96 diff -u -r1.95 -r1.96 --- hb-install-stage.xml 28 Feb 2006 01:54:31 -0000 1.95 +++ hb-install-stage.xml 22 May 2006 20:55:18 -0000 1.96 @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml,v 1.95 2006/02/28 01:54:31 fox2mike Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml,v 1.96 2006/05/22 20:55:18 nightmorph Exp $ --> <sections> -<version>2.9</version> -<date>2006-02-28</date> +<version>2.10</version> +<date>2006-05-22</date> <section> <title>Installing a Stage Tarball</title> @@ -275,9 +275,24 @@ <p> Now exit your browser by pressing <c>Q</c>. You will now have a Portage snapshot -stored in <path>/mnt/gentoo</path>. In the next step, we extract the Portage -snapshot onto your filesystem. Make sure that you use the exact command; the -last option is a capital <c>C</c>, not <c>c</c>. +stored in <path>/mnt/gentoo</path>. +</p> + +<p> +If you want to check the integrity of the downloaded snapshot, use +<c>md5sum</c> and compare the output with the MD5 checksum provided on the +mirror. +</p> + +<pre caption="Checking integrity of a Portage snapshot"> +# <i>md5sum -c portage-latest.tar.bz2.md5sum</i> +portage-latest.tar.bz2: OK +</pre> + +<p> +In the next step, we extract the Portage snapshot onto your filesystem. Make +sure that you use the exact command; the last option is a capital <c>C</c>, not +<c>c</c>. </p> <pre caption="Extracting the Portage snapshot"> -- [email protected] mailing list
