Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 11:35:58 -0400 From: "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to use checksum.md5 Message-ID: <3989915D.6AD20447@mitre.org> References: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0008031054470.11190-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>
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Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > I download the FreeBSD ISO image. I notice there is a checksum.md5 file > there. Can anyone tell me how to use it (which tools do I need)? Do I > absolutely need to do the check? Thanks. > The MD5 file is there to help you insure the file you downloaded is not corrupt. You don't have to do anything with it, although it is a good idea to check before you burn a CD with it. To check a file, type: md5 <filename> and compare the string it returns with the string listed in the file. They should match. -- _ _ _ ___ ____ ___ ______________________________________ / \/ \ | ||_ _|| _ \|___| | Jason Andresen -- jandrese@mitre.org / /\/\ \ | | | | | |/ /|_|_ | Views expressed may not reflect those /_/ \_\|_| |_| |_|\_\|___| | of the Mitre Corporation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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