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11-14-2003, 09:53 PM
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Slackware download..what are these?
Just finished downloading Slackware 9.1.....along with the large ISO file were 2 smaller: ASC, and MD5....what are these and how used?
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11-14-2003, 10:04 PM
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The md5 is used to check your md5sums. Run md5sum on the images and if they match the number in the md5 file, you're good to go. I think the asc (ascii file) is just a small text description, iirc. All you actually require are the iso's, though.
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11-14-2003, 10:07 PM
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11-14-2003, 10:21 PM
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Thanks for the quick response guys...not ready to install...will be back then for sure!!
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11-14-2003, 10:25 PM
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