On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Mustafa Orkun wrote: <quote> > md5sum -c MD5SUM > > I've already indicated this once. After successful MD5SUM check - boot > with 'linux ide=nodma' and then do the MediaCheck.) </quote> > so what do you recommend for me? > the cds look ok(when browsing them in windows)and redownloading them really > frightens me!if this will be a must what is the guaranteed way.i've downloaded > FC2 with bittorent and there were no problems. Bittorrent internally does checksums per block - so if it 'completes' without errors - then your ISOs are fine. If you wish to use md5sum on windows - check the other thread on this list on this topic. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-November/msg02666.html Satish