Quoting Andrew Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi. Please forgive what is probably an excessively easy question, but > I'm a little thrown off on this one... How does one perform an MD5 > checksum? I did a man md5 and got no useful information, due more to > deficiencies in my little brain than the man entry. Ideas, help, > criticism? Thanks--
Ah yes, some man files are so helpful, some are just horrible. I am assuming you have downloaded something like Mandrake ISOs. What you need to do is put the files you downloaded and the md5sums file in the same directory. Then type: md5sum --check md5sums (or whatever then name of the file is with the md5sum numbers) It will output if the files are good or not. Also, be aware that something like a Linux ISO will take a little to run, so don't think that it's hung if it doesn't go really fast. _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
