[CentOS] Troubles for an non-IT beginner

On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 10:55 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> You can ignore md5 for now - they are just for verifying that the file
> you've downloaded has not been modified.

You should not tell him to ignore it but tell him how to use it and what
it is for.

"md5sum my.iso"  Validate the ISO Image and compare it against the
checksum on the down load site.  If the checksum is wrong trash the ISO
and fetch another.

John