MD5 sum

Pedroski · 12-08-2009, 01:05 AM

I have an iso to burn. How do I first check the checksum??

Disillusionist · 12-08-2009, 01:32 AM

On Linux, you would run:

Code:

md5sum my_iso_file.iso

Obviously, you need to change the name of the iso file

EDIT:-
On Windows, you could try using one of the utilities as shown in the following links
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/u...5sums.html#win

H_TeXMeX_H · 12-08-2009, 01:52 PM

I would use 'cmp' instead:

Code:

cmp /dev/cdrom file.iso

it should say that /dev/cdrom is padded.

Disillusionist · 12-08-2009, 02:07 PM

I was theorising that the OP wanted to check that the ISO image was valid before burning to CD

H_TeXMeX_H · 12-08-2009, 02:17 PM

Oh, yes, ok then, my bad, well after you burn it you can use my solution to make sure it burned properly. But, yes you should just run 'md5sum' on the image to check it before you burn it.