On Saturday 02 November 2002 12:56 am, Antonio R. wrote: > Hello everybody: > > I’ve just downloaded the ISO files of mandrake and I want to check if > they are not corrupted or unusable with the md5sums.90 file, but I don’t > know how this is done. I went to http://www.etree.org/md5com.html and I > tried to follow the instructions there but I don’t understand them. > > In that page it says that I have to put the md5sum file and there is an > md5sum file there, but it is an .exe file, and the one I downloaded is > not an .exe file, and at the bottom of the page it says that I have to > create an .md5 file, and… well, I just don’t understand. > > Can anybody explain to me, step by step, what do I have to do please? > > These are the files I downloaded: > > Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso > Mandrake90-cd2-ext.i586.iso > Mandrake90-cd3-i18n.i586.iso > md5sums.90 > > Those are the files, without any other extension (like .exe, .zip or > anything) > > So, do I have to rename them or what? > And what do I do with the md5sums.90 file? How does it works? > > Well, that is all. > > TIA > > Antonio R. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ: 18319148 > > "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." > James Dean (1931-1955)
The easiest way to do this is to make a new file folder called something like ISO and copy or move all the files you listed to that folder. then open a console and type "cd ISO" that should put you in the folder. Assuming you make the file in /home/yourusername/ISO. Then all you should have to do is type at the prompt "md5sum Mandrake90* and it will spit out the comparison alpha numerics or say something like all sums are correct. I don't recall for sure. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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