Dazzla Veteran Posted December 31, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 31, 2002 What's the MD5SUM for? I'm certain it's for checking if the CD has been burnt correctly, if so, how do I check? Cheers for helping this noob :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Use some windows MD5sum checker. Or Just boot from CD1, there is a option in the RH installer to check the media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted December 31, 2002 MVC Share Posted December 31, 2002 No - it really doesn't check that the CD has been burnt correctly - but that the ISO file is not corrupt, nor that it has been tampered with. Since you most likely do not have access to a linux box (which would have md5 for you) here is a link to a windows version - http://www.md5summer.org/ You would want to check to make sure that the ISO files were download correctly - before you burn them. So you would check with md5 - also, this can tell you if someone has messed with the files or not. Think of it as an electronic signature for the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted December 31, 2002 Author Veteran Share Posted December 31, 2002 Use some windows MD5sum checker.Or Just boot from CD1, there is a option in the RH installer to check the media. I downloaded http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/ but I can't get it to check the CD, it checks the iso though :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted December 31, 2002 Author Veteran Share Posted December 31, 2002 No - it really doesn't check that the CD has been burnt correctly - but that the ISO file is not corrupt, nor that it has been tampered with. Since you most likely do not have access to a linux box (which would have md5 for you) here is a link to a windows version - http://www.md5summer.org/You would want to check to make sure that the ISO files were download correctly - before you burn them. So you would check with md5 - also, this can tell you if someone has messed with the files or not. Think of it as an electronic signature for the file. Heh, I guess it worked then. Cheers :happy: Hopefully the burn isn't messed :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 I think I need to think a bit before replying :cry: Budman, dosen't the media check in the installer check the CDs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted December 31, 2002 MVC Share Posted December 31, 2002 I think I need to think a bit before replying :cry: Budman, dosen't the media check in the installer check the CDs? Yes there is a media checker once you boot the CD - but from a security standpoint - if the ISO was messed with - the signature file for the media could also have been messed with :) I would highly doubt the files have been messed with - Its more of a check to make sure that LARGE file was downloaded correctly - before you burn it :) And then the built in media checker when you boot the CD will check to make sure all of the CD's burned correctly - before you start the install. Would kind of s_ck if you got half way through the install just to find out there is a problem on a CD - and can not finish the install. As to thinking before replying - this is always a Good Idea. This applies to both Questions and Answers :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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