On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 08:27 -0800, Alex Miua wrote: > Hi there! > > When I do : - > > sha1sum <iso file> > > this will output the checksum , do I have to verify by > looking at the huge number that it is correct or is > there a simple utilty which can compare the 2 > checksums ? Grab the SHA1SUM file from the repository you're downloading from, then "cd" to the directory with the SHA1SUM file and the ISOs and run "sha1sum -c SHA1SUM". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - NEWS FLASH! Intelligence of mankind decreasing! Details at... - - uh, when, uh, the little hand is, uh, on the... Aw, NUTS! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
