On 2009-03-19_16:33:50, T o n g wrote: > On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:06:55 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > >> So the CD itself and checkisomd is all you need to verify it, even > >> after several years, and you've forgot where you put its original > >> md5sum. . . > > > > I think you are misunderstanding the situation, or perhaps, I > > misunderstand what you intend to say. Computing a checksum, does not, by > > itself, verify the correctness of the CD. . . But an > > md5sum of a CD, alone, is useless. > > Maybe some more readings, if you care, can help change your thinking. > > - Do you know that on RedHat's cd boot menu, there is an entry to verify > the integrity of CD? > - Do you know how they did it?
I think I will choose to believe that I misunderstood what you said. Peace. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
