>cheerful aya wrote:
>> Hi,
>> In short I must say, I've downloaded the ISO's and have 2 problems :
>> 1) I don't know how to check the integrity of them; I mean how to
>> Hi,
>> In short I must say, I've downloaded the ISO's and have 2 problems :
>> 1) I don't know how to check the integrity of them; I mean how to
>> check the SHA1 checksums. [There's just a windows XP
>> installed on my PC]
>See http://www.roseindia.net/linux/tutorial/checkingfedoracoreiso.shtml
>> 2) Is any difference between writing an ISO and writing a common
>> file? if not, should I first extract them [they have a winrar extention]
>> to the CD or what?
>See http://www.roseindia.net/linux/tutorial/checkingfedoracoreiso.shtml
>> 2) Is any difference between writing an ISO and writing a common
>> file? if not, should I first extract them [they have a winrar extention]
>> to the CD or what?
>Don't write it as a common file and don't try extracting anything
>either. You need to burn the ISOs to CDs as "images".
>See
>http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/e-smith/docs/howto/CD_burning_howto.html
>for some tips for a variety of CD-burning applications.
>Paul.
Thanks, the links were so useful. For checking the checksums I found
this sentence in the guiding link :
"You can calculate the checksums key by type sha1sum*.iso on the
command prompt ."
what does it mean by "command prompt"? If it implies MS-DOS prompt,
then I can't find any MS-DOS window in windows XP.
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