On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 13:42 -0500, Nathan Vidican wrote: > man md5 .... > > All mirrors contain the same files. Errors do however occur, and the > possibility of a bad download does exist (hey - it's not a perfect > world). That's what MD5 checksums are for; to verify that the file you > downloaded matches that you were expecting to... all the ISO images > afaik have MD5 checksums (see: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/6.2/CHECKSUM.MD5 > or mirror). Simply check the file for consistency before you use it - > really, this is a habit you should get used to.
I burnt the 6.1 Release iso´s with "k3b" in Suse linux. K3b checks the md5 first before it burns the cd´s. The reason for downloading it again is because I can´t think of another solution right now (not to start with atleast...). Thanks for the tip though! -- /Cheers Peo -- Registered Linux User #432116, get counted at http://counter.li.org www.whylinuxisbetter.net
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