Hi Frank, Thanks for the reply, I see what to compare the checksums to on the site, but I have a Windows machine. Any hints on how to check? Sorry to ask these mundane questions, but I'm a linux novice.
Thank you! ________________________________ From: Frank Shute <fr...@shute.org.uk> To: Gal Lis <gal_...@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:23:52 PM Subject: Re: 7.1 64 bit On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 04:08:25PM -0700, Gal Lis wrote: > > Hi Frank and Glen, > I tried both disks on my workstation, and 6.4 started up, but > there was nothing from 7.1, so maybe my copy is bad. I burned > it using imgburn, and i also have magiciso. How can I check to > make sure the file is correct? I've never checksumed anything, > and haven't been able to find any help online on how to do so. > Look here: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/announce.html The checksums are listed there. For you to checksum your iso, you do this on a unix/linux machine: $ md5 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso and compare the checksum printed to that published on that page. If the checksum is different, then you got some corruption and need to download the image again. My guess is that the software you used didn't burn the iso correctly. Load up 6.4 and burn your CD from there, something like the following should do it: # burncd -f /dev/acd0 data 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso fixate Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"