On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 23:48 -0700, Adam Boettiger wrote: > > if you were to bottom post rather than top post, it would be easier. > > I thought it was protocol to top post? > > > on Linux... > > > > sha1sum *iso --check SHA1SUM > > Okay so really naïve question... > > If I have not installed linux yet because I haven't booted the disks, and I > haven't booted the disks because I haven't used SHA1SUM to verify that they > are valid, how can I use linux to run SHA1SUM? From a terminal shell? ---- there might be an sha1sum utility in terminal shell on Mac OSX - I don't have a machine available to test this out. there likely is a standalone utility for Windows like there was for md5sum which would be a quick and dirty download and test if you downloaded to Windows system but I wouldn't know where to direct you for this. Yes, if you downloaded them onto a Linux system, you could indeed run the sha1sum program from cli (a virtual terminal) as I indicated earlier. Otherwise, you can try to burn the CD's and I 'think' there is an option to run 'linux mediacheck' as a boot option but if you get that far, the disk is booting, it's more than likely going to work. Craig ps - I've yet to see a Linux or FOSS mail list that encouraged top posting -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
