Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:35:06 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Razvan Sandu <rsandu@go.ro> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A FAQ about FreeBSD download Message-ID: <20020826073506.GC8948@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <000601c24ccf$9c2fba30$0f05280a@connetro.com> References: <000601c24ccf$9c2fba30$0f05280a@connetro.com>
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On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 10:10:07AM +0300, Razvan Sandu wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Even if I've read the docs, I didn't find an answer to the following
> question - which is almost a FAQ. Would you please help me ?
>
> Is there any way to verify the integrity of the FreeBSD .iso files BEFORE
> actually burning 'em on CD (or AFTER, for verifying the CD)? I mean an
> option similar to the "mediacheck" feature recently introduced in Red Hat's
> install program...
That's what they CHECKSUM.MD5 is for. It contains a md5 checksum of
the related ISO's. Compare it with what you've got.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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