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Benjamin A'Lee wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 03:13:59PM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: >> I have downloaded edubuntu server and server addon cdroms, and ran >> md5sum on each, doing cat MD5SUMS, I get a list of files and associated >> checksums however there seems to be differences. >> >> as in >> psutton@duron1600:~/linuxiso$ cat MD5SUMS >> >> 2ff9924f75366a75e370ea5c4c9ce2e5 *edubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso >> 1dacaf1f8cf9ddb8a3fecaa0b0910d99 *edubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso >> 804202ebd5e2f59a1f2059dd8d3f0688 *edubuntu-7.04-server-amd64.iso >> c9105528c35f282e173cfac6c4b8d563 *edubuntu-7.04-server-i386.iso >> 60f086d583902939e4b881696221aa68 *edubuntu-7.04-serveraddon-amd64.iso >> ddc62e32e6047984fffad2e86dfcec38 *edubuntu-7.04-serveraddon-i386.iso >> >> >> psutton@duron1600:~/linuxiso$ md5sum edubuntu-7.10-serveraddon-i386.iso >> 7ea5785a4f0ea80d1dc1b1a262b77968 edubuntu-7.10-serveraddon-i386.iso >> >> psutton@duron1600:~/linuxiso$ md5sum edubuntu-7.10-server-i386.iso >> bd78453e7057d130f46e233c24c02707 edubuntu-7.10-server-i386.iso >> >> have i done anything wrong, here, > > Yes. Look at the filenames in the MD5SUMS file, and look at the > filenames you've tested. Now try and guess why the checksums don't > match. ;) > >> I am in the process of downloading edubuntu-desktop, and hope that this >> one works better, what do other people get from running md5sum on the >> iso files. ? > > If you do `md5sum -c MD5SUMS`, it'll check all the files listed in > MD5SUMS and see if the listed result matches the actual result. > > /me sticks hands up - it is because he didn't use the -b option to do a binary check? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html