Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 18:42:27 +0000 () From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perhaps i am just stupid. Message-ID: <199608051842.SAA02315@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199608051411.HAA25981@seagull.rtd.com> from "Don Yuniskis" at Aug 5, 96 07:11:40 am
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> > bin/cat > > bin/chmod > > /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error > > DEBUG: request for bin/bin.ab from dos > > > > gunzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated > > DEBUG: switching back to VTY1 > > /stand/spio: premature end of file > > Hmmm... seems like this pops up quite often in recent complaints. Indeed. > Is there a nice "easy" way for folks to verify checksums, etc. > of their files before installing? Can this be added to the FAQ cat bin.* | gzip -t - is nice and easy, but requires a fully functioning Unix box... Although I believe both these utilities have been ported to DOS. Perhaps someone with the time and inclination could knock up a batch file to do this? gzip.exe is already on the CDROM and I don't see any reason why cat.exe couldn't be added.
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