On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 01:09, M. Fioretti wrote: > Many thanks to Peng and Philip for their extraquick answer, but I > didn't make myself clear. I am looking for a *generic* way to verify > on *linux* if a generic CD I got, already burned, matches the ISO > checksum which I found online. I have a linux only box, and I need to > do this in general even with CDs found on magazines, or coming, by > third or fourth hand, maybe after weeks, by friends of friends of.... > > The arrival of Shrike was just the prompt to ask it, but in general I > cannot tell to somebody "check it on windows for me" > So, how can I do it myself? > $ md5sum path/to/iso Compare the output to known good md5sums. In the case of RHL9, they can be found at: https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/index.pxt And you can usually find them on the ftp server the iso's were downloaded off of. Also, RHL 8 and 9 have media checks. When you try to install, RHL will prompt you to verify the cds before it starts the installation process. Phil
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