--- On Tue, 6/9/09, Konstantin Svist <fry.kun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Konstantin Svist <fry.kun@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Is this the real Fedora 11? I ask because of the file dates... > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 3:35 PM > Fernando Cassia wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx > > <mailto:kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx>> > wrote: > > > > Fernando Cassia wrote: > > > Are the dates OK? > > > > Yes. Releases are made several > days before the actual release, > > files don't > > get magically beamed to the > mirrors, it takes time to mirror them. > > > > Kevin Kofler > > > > > > Thanks Kevin.I figured that. But just wanted to be > sure what I got > > wasn´t a prerelease version. > > > > Also incidentally,after I grabbed my 6 CD images, the > mirror owner > > decided to remove his local mirror apparently. > > :-( > > > > FC > > You should be able to check the validity of downloaded > files with > checksums (sha256sum, I hear). If it matches what's on the > main Fedora > page then you got the right files :) > > > -- On a related note somewhat some of my friends downloaded the live KDE iso for Fedora 11, but they were not sure how to check the download. I told them to search for sha1sum.exe, but then it is really sha256sum that they need. Where can one get the sha256sum executable for winblow$, aka the evil empire if users download the isos via Windows? Thanks, Antonio -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
