Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] BDI download - checksum

On Tuesday 22 July 2003 00:57, terracnc wrote:

> Sorry list to have to ask this question,

Hey, don't be sorry, that's what we're here for!

> But how does one check the BDI download to ensure it is complete and
> not corrupted - archive says checksum, but how?

If you'll look here:

http://www.obstinate.org/emc/

you'll see that the .iso file descriptions are followed by a long string of
gibberish like 54b842366ca43eaf537caa40d6206621, that's the checksum (or MD5
which is similar in concept to a checksum). What you do is run a checksum
program on the downloaded .iso file and compare the number it returns to the
one listed on the download site - they should match. So, where would you get
a checksum program? From here of course:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/

Matt