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| firechicken 2002-11-25, 10:01 pm |
| I downloaded four FreeBSD ISO's and threw the images onto disk (Yay for me). When I was downloading them, I noticed an CHECKSUM.MD5 and a mini-ISO in the same FTP directory.
I know what a checksum is for, but I don't have any idea on how to use it. 
Also, anyone know what the mini-ISO is for? | |
| ccieToBe 2002-11-25, 10:30 pm |
| cat CHECKSUM.MD5
md5 mini.iso
And make sure the output's the same. In Linux the "md5" command is "md5sum".
I think the mini-ISO is the same as disc1, but w/o all the packages. All of the FreeBSD installation files and the ports collection are still there. | |
| Boulware5 2002-11-25, 10:57 pm |
| Hm...Is this used just to make sure you are downloading the real thing? | |
| ccieToBe 2002-11-26, 12:12 am |
| Yeah, if say, someone where to hijack your FTP session and insert a trojan into the ISO image the md5 would change. Of course, that's assuming they don't also change the md5 file 
Actually, in my experience a file becoming currupted during the d/l is muc more common. |
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