On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 11:19:50PM +1030, Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 12:22 +0000, Pedro Freire wrote: > > Before burning, and potentially wasting a disc, *I* check the downloaded > ISO against the checksum. After that check, I move onto the next step > (burning the disc, or simply using that file on the hard drive). Good advice. It would help if the sha1sums were readily available. To download the DVD image for F8, I went to http://fedoraproject.org/, and clicked on "Get Fedora" in the left hand column. That took me to http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora. Now, I may be getting blind in my old age, but I see no reference to [check|sha1|md5|etc...]sums on that page. To get the sha1sums (and the rescue CD image) I grabbed the URL of the DVD ISO, edited out the file name of the ISO file, and opened that URL (http://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/iso/) in another tab. I was then able to pull in the rest of the kit. How about providing direct links to these files on the download page? > > Before *you* download another four gigs, do that check, and see if what > you've downloaded is fine. If so, it's burning that you need to > concentrate on, and you can use what you've already downloaded, getting > it again is just going to be a waste. If not, then it's downloading > issues that you need to resolve. > > Some reference material: > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/readme-burning-isos/ Generally a useful page, except: * It refers to F7, not F8. * It refers to Windows tools and procedures. That's fine for folks using Windows. However, news flash: there are other operating systems in the world: Mac OS X, Free BSD, HP-UX, and one you may not have heard of called "Linux". > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f8/ Again, as near as I can tell, no discussion of check sums or how to get and use them. And the main download page should have direct links to this sort of stuff. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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