My Question is how to Do a MD5checksum on an iso image that was downloaded from LQ site.

This is what i did..
I downloaded Fedora Core 5 image1.iso file using Download accellerator. I used your md5summer and used the create sums option for the image and that created a .md5 file. Then i used the Verify sums option then selected the .md5 file. It then produced a result file.

Ok...Now i should say that i am not sure what i am doing.

Say, i want to check the the output of the sum pattern that i downloaded to he original pattern that was given , how do i do that?
I thaught that when i do the veryfy thing then the txt would produce a sum pattern of the file i downloaded and then i could compare it with the original one.

Thank you for anyone's help in advance.
Regards,
Azzath.

I belive

md5sum filename

would do it.

Hi isuck@linux, could you be a bit more specific..
Do u mean
md5sum filename in the command prompt?

Yes, in a terminal. Edit: you can use "md5sum -c filename", where filename is the name of the file that contains the checksum of the ISO(s) you want to verify.

Nylex,
i am a bit confused.
Say that all i have is a image1.iso file. So how do i generate a .md5 file out of it? or do u think that i should get it from the site that i downloaded image.iso ?

Sorry man..its not clear.
Thank you for the reply..
Regards,
azzath.

If you want to generate the sum for the ISO, you just use "md5sum filename", with filename being the name of the file you downloaded. You can also download the .md5 file from the mirror, which contains the checksum for the ISO you downloaded. You will then be able to tell md5sum to check the sum for the ISO against that given in the .md5 file, hence verifying the file's integrity.

Oh ok...
Nylex, I couldnt find the .md5 file from the mirror i downloaded the Fedora Core 5 image. Its http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=304
Could you kindly tell me if you can see it in there somewhere. All i can see is a checksum pattern i.e 969b284a294b36b660b13a8e09127bbdb4cfe886..not a file.

Sorry about this, thanx.

Nylex already answer your questions. USually you get a package read the md5 sum from your source and then check it out in your box using your favorite terminal:

The sha1 sums aren't the same as MD5 sums and so you need to use sha1sum to check them instead of md5sum. If you can't get them in a text file, just use "sha1sum filename", it'll generate the checksum and you can verify it yourself.

Also, the checksum you gave in your post appears to be one for a PPC ISO. Are you installing on a PPC machine?

Sorry no...its the i386 one..43546c0e0d1fc64b6b80fe1fa99fb6509af5c0a0
Ok thats cool then.i'l generate the sha1sum checksum and compare it with that one.
Thank you man,
regards,
azzath.

What I said in my last post still applies..

Nylex,
i generated a sha1sum using md5summer and the output is identical to the one that was given in the site. So thats fine right? I did the same for a couple more and it works fine. Thank you for your help.

Regards,
Azzath.

Yeah, if the sums match then that's ok .

Ok, I typed $ sha1sum FC-6-i386-DVD.iso and it produced
6722f95b97e5118fa26bafa5b9f622cc7d49530c FC-6-i386-DVD.iso

That's the same number given at the site where I downloaded it. What I don't understand is how I know that the file is the original, latest, unmodified FC6. Couldn't the site have changed the file, added a virus, or etc and recreated the iso and a new sha1sum number?