[CentOS] Troubles for an non-IT beginner

Mon Jan 17 16:30:17 UTC 2011
Mister IT Guru <misteritguru at gmx.com>

On 16/01/2011 16:33, JohnS wrote:
> 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.

+1  I was about to explain this, but as usual, someone beat me to it :)
> John
>
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