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I used the torrent page on the Slackware homepage.
Now I have 18 files. What do I do now?
Can I check for consistency?
Any thing I should know before I burn the CDs?
Thanks
What 18 files do you have? If you downloaded the .md5 files as well as the ISO images, just run "md5sum -c file.md5" to verify the images (under *NIX obviously, if you're using Windows, then there's MD5summer.
I used the torrent page on the Slackware homepage.
Now I have 18 files. What do I do now?
Can I check for consistency?
Any thing I should know before I burn the CDs?
Thanks
I like to check my md5 for the downloaded iso before a burn. I then will check the original iso md5 and the burnt image to confirm that the burn was good.
I would check the md5sum for any downloaded cd/dvd iso then be sure to check the md5sum for the original iso. Don't rely on you burn application to confirm the md5 as most have a problem.
From the cli;
Code:
~#cd /downloadisolocation #cdromiso.iso cdromiso.md5
~#md5sum -c cdromiso.md5 #substitute the correct name to check
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