On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 18:06 +0000, Linux Beginner wrote: > Paul Howarth writes: > > Linux Beginner wrote: > >> Team > >> > >> I downloaded FC4 from http://fedora.redhat.com/download (i386 > >> iso) http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/iso/ > >> > >> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/iso/SHA1SU > >> M > >> > >> > >> and verified the chksum with http://www.toast442.org/md5/. > > > > The checksums are SHA1 sums, not MD5 sums. You'll need a different > > program. Search for one called "sha1sum". > > > >> The two donot seem to be matching. I burned the iso to CD but > >> when i am booting with the CD it does not seem to be recognizing > >> the CD; > > > > Does your CD contain one large file (wrong) or multiple files and > > directories (right)? > > > > Paul. > > > Q1. which sha1sum will help me Try here: http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Where_can_I_find_sha1sum_program_for_Windows%3F > Q2. The downloaded file is one single file. When i burnt it it > too sat as one single file. How do i split it? You need to use your CD/DVD-writing tool's "burn ISO image" feature rather than copying the file to CD. Instructions for a number of popular tools can be found at: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/e-smith/docs/howto/CD_burning_howto.html Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
