Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:59:18 -0400 From: Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gldis.ca> To: Mark Hummel <mhumm2@mchsi.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How Does CHECKSUM.MD5 Work? Message-ID: <20020723195918.A75394@constans.gldis.ca> In-Reply-To: <3D3DE84B.38C323AD@mchsi.com>; from mhumm2@mchsi.com on Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:35:39PM -0500 References: <3D3DE84B.38C323AD@mchsi.com>
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On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:35:39PM -0500, Mark Hummel wrote: > Hi, > > I've just downloaded the ISO images for 4.6r and intend to burn the > complete 4 CD set this evening. I understand what a checksum is from my > old BBS days so I assume I somehow use CHECKSUM.MD5 to verify the > downloads. If this is correct, how do I do this? > > Please respond to my email address in addition to the mailing list. > Thank you > > Mark You read the CHECKSUM.MD5 file (it's plain text) and compare the md5 checksum stored there in with the md5 checksum of the file's you downloaded. -- Jeremy Faulkner http://www.gldis.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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