Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:01:24 +0100 From: Peo Nilsson <per-olof.nilsson@comhem.se> To: Nathan Vidican <nathan@vidican.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD Message-ID: <1162843284.11745.5.camel@zeus.se> In-Reply-To: <454F820D.9030900@vidican.com> References: <1162668828.8001.19.camel@zeus.se> <454CF03B.3030005@makeworld.com> <1162724388.6310.1.camel@zeus.se> <454DFB84.5040208@makeworld.com> <1162837215.7705.12.camel@zeus.se> <454F820D.9030900@vidican.com>
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--=-DTXoONJasRzPVtS5D/GR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 13:42 -0500, Nathan Vidican wrote: > man md5 .... >=20 > All mirrors contain the same files. Errors do however occur, and the=20 > possibility of a bad download does exist (hey - it's not a perfect=20 > world). That's what MD5 checksums are for; to verify that the file you=20 > downloaded matches that you were expecting to... all the ISO images=20 > afaik have MD5 checksums (see:=20 > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/6.2/CHECKSUM.M= D5=20 > or mirror). Simply check the file for consistency before you use it -=20 > really, this is a habit you should get used to. I burnt the 6.1 Release iso=C2=B4s with "k3b" in Suse linux. K3b checks the md5 first before it burns the cd=C2=B4s. The reason for downloading it again is becau= se I can=C2=B4t think of another solution right now (not to start with atleast...). Thanks for the tip though! --=20 /Cheers Peo -- Registered Linux User #432116, get counted at http://counter.li.org www.whylinuxisbetter.net --=-DTXoONJasRzPVtS5D/GR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFT5SUWZVvz7xHWLsRAtP8AKDK7Qy/R6DIpn4Snh001xcHDK7ipgCfRpnl c7MqXdAl1VhDz1dkQh6Lsqo= =dB2G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-DTXoONJasRzPVtS5D/GR--
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