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I've gone to sites where I can download IsO's and sometimes they tell you that you can check the integrity of your downloaded file (before trying to install it!) by using a md5sum. What is that all about? How do you do it?
Here is one as an example, for FreeBSD
6b205e3c2e72c90c2e0718da47b26540 4.7-disc1.iso
Oops, but my question still isn't answered. How can i use a linux program to check it, if I don't have linux installed and want to check the install cd?
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