Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Elton Woo wrote: > ... wanna borrow *mine*??? I have a spare pair, since I hate the new bifocals, >and > prefer using contacts. Oh, and an addendum to my post above: I forgot to mention > that I'm dyslexic / dixlezkik ... whatever ! ROTFALMAO! "Dyslexia -- Name for it by ask!" [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Note to AOL users: for a quick shortcut to reply Alan Olsen| to my mail, just hit the ctrl, alt and del keys. "In the future, everything will have its 15 minutes of blame."
Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1
Blue Lizard wrote: > On 13 Apr 2001 12:58:08 -0400, Elton Woo wrote: > > > > > NB: I do it this way, because > > 1) I usually run my 17" monitor at 1024 x 768 > > 2) I'm not a programmer > > 3) I'm *terrible* at math, and last but not least... > > 4) I'm a dummy who doesn't want to use *any* Microsoft stuff: hardware or > > software. > > . not necessarily in that order ... > > > > cheers, saluti, salutations ... > > > > Elton Woo ;-)) > All these true of me except my monitor is about 14 and a half inch viewable and >1280x1024 is what I run it at :) > > I will need glasses very soon. ... wanna borrow *mine*??? I have a spare pair, since I hate the new bifocals, and prefer using contacts. Oh, and an addendum to my post above: I forgot to mention that I'm dyslexic / dixlezkik ... whatever ! ROTFALMAO! Elton Woo ;-)) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1
On Friday 13 April 2001 10:06 pm, you wrote: > On Friday 13 April 2001 10:03 am, michael wrote: > > On Friday 13 April 2001 03:40 am, you wrote: > > > michael wrote: > > > > How do I use md5 sum check? > > > > > > Just run: > > > > > > md5sum > > > > Thank-you; the rc1.iso file on my hd is good. Now how do I go about > > checking the cd? when I go into the mount directory it says no such file? > > From a terminal : dd if=/dev/cdrom | md5sum > replace /dev/cdrom with the device your cd is in if it's not /dev/cdrom. > It'll take a few minutes to read the cd and do the sum so be patient. The > sum should be the same as the iso image sum. Thanks for the clear answer! I actually rendered it moot by burning on to gold cd's evidently the silver ones just aren't iso-metric ;-) However, I am checking just for thoroughness' sake! -- pax -m-
Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1
On Friday 13 April 2001 10:03 am, michael wrote: > On Friday 13 April 2001 03:40 am, you wrote: > > michael wrote: > > > How do I use md5 sum check? > > > > Just run: > > > > md5sum > > Thank-you; the rc1.iso file on my hd is good. Now how do I go about > checking the cd? when I go into the mount directory it says no such file? >From a terminal : dd if=/dev/cdrom | md5sum replace /dev/cdrom with the device your cd is in if it's not /dev/cdrom. It'll take a few minutes to read the cd and do the sum so be patient. The sum should be the same as the iso image sum. -- "It said uses Windows 95 or better, so I loaded Linux!" "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" Kelley Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1
On 13 Apr 2001 12:58:08 -0400, Elton Woo wrote: > > NB: I do it this way, because > 1) I usually run my 17" monitor at 1024 x 768 > 2) I'm not a programmer > 3) I'm *terrible* at math, and last but not least... > 4) I'm a dummy who doesn't want to use *any* Microsoft stuff: hardware or > software. > . not necessarily in that order ... > > cheers, saluti, salutations ... > > Elton Woo ;-)) All these true of me except my monitor is about 14 and a half inch viewable and 1280x1024 is what I run it at :) I will need glasses very soon.
Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1
Elton Woo wrote: > > michael wrote: > > > I burnt an ISO of rc1 today, and it won't install. I haven't checked the md5 > > sum of the file(s) cuz man md5 doesn't make very much sense to me > > however, the filesize is 651548K for #1 and 651722K for #2. > > > > How do I use md5 sum check? > > -- > > pax > > -m- > > Woo's Wierd Linux Trick #000.00.1 (of 1): > > 1) Download the md5sum file, which is plain ascii text. Why not: md5sum -c Done; no need for the rest... > 2) From a console do: #md5sum {whatever.iso} . It takes a while to calculate, > so in the meantime: > 3) Open the md5sum text file with the Text Editor > 4) Place a CR or two just below the line in md5sum where it says: > "whatever.iso" {sums} > 5)Copy and paste the result from the console immediately below this line. > If all the characters match up, your download is OK. > > NB: I do it this way, because > 1) I usually run my 17" monitor at 1024 x 768 > 2) I'm not a programmer > 3) I'm *terrible* at math, and last but not least... > 4) I'm a dummy who doesn't want to use *any* Microsoft stuff: hardware or > software. > . not necessarily in that order ... > > cheers, saluti, salutations ... > > Elton Woo ;-)) > > -- > Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. > Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. > "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." -- Linux (Up 22 days) -- Reboots are for system upgrades... not Windows X^P Last reboot reason: 01/03/27: winter storm 6hr power outage
Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1
michael wrote: > I burnt an ISO of rc1 today, and it won't install. I haven't checked the md5 > sum of the file(s) cuz man md5 doesn't make very much sense to me > however, the filesize is 651548K for #1 and 651722K for #2. > > How do I use md5 sum check? > -- > pax > -m- Woo's Wierd Linux Trick #000.00.1 (of 1): 1) Download the md5sum file, which is plain ascii text. 2) From a console do: #md5sum {whatever.iso} . It takes a while to calculate, so in the meantime: 3) Open the md5sum text file with the Text Editor 4) Place a CR or two just below the line in md5sum where it says: "whatever.iso" {sums} 5)Copy and paste the result from the console immediately below this line. If all the characters match up, your download is OK. NB: I do it this way, because 1) I usually run my 17" monitor at 1024 x 768 2) I'm not a programmer 3) I'm *terrible* at math, and last but not least... 4) I'm a dummy who doesn't want to use *any* Microsoft stuff: hardware or software. . not necessarily in that order ... cheers, saluti, salutations ... Elton Woo ;-)) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1
On Friday 13 April 2001 03:40 am, you wrote: > michael wrote: > > How do I use md5 sum check? > > Just run: > > md5sum Thank-you; the rc1.iso file on my hd is good. Now how do I go about checking the cd? when I go into the mount directory it says no such file? -- pax -m-
Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1
michael wrote: > How do I use md5 sum check? Just run: md5sum (for example, md5sum mandrakefreq-i586-20010316.iso) After churning for a while, it will spit out a string of numbers and letters. Compare that to the string of numbers and letters in the file containing the "official" md5sum (for the above, it is mandrakefreq.md5sum). If they match, the files are identical -- if not, there is a problem. There are automatic ways of checking the numbers, but the string is not that long, and this first approach helps you understand what's going on. Hope this helps! Randy Kramer