On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 08:53:45PM +0200, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > Vineet Kumar wrote: > > > * Peter Hugosson-Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020917 11:38]: > > > I have just purchased a complete set of 14 Woody CDs (7 binary, 7 > > > > > Does anyone have a suggestion of how to check the integrity of the > > > complete set? I first thought of a recursive directory listing, > > which > > > > > can't figure out a foolproof method myself. My only vague idea was > > to > > > make a chacksum of all the files on the disk, but I don't know how > > (yet) > > > and I'd need som real checksums to check them against ;-). > > > > Get the checksums for the entire disc images from the cdimage site and > > > > check that. Don't bother with trying to check each individual file > > and > > directory, just check that the whole image matches. If it doesn't, > > then > > think about digging deeper to find out what differs, or simply contact > > > > the vendor to see why they differ, and if your checksum matches what > > they think it should be. > > Thanks for your swift answer, Vineet. > > OK, I think I can find the checksums from the cdimage site, but I > wouldn't know where to start to check them against CD's that are already > burned, i.e not CD-images. Perhaps you could point me in the right > direction.
easy: md5sum /dev/cdrom (files and devices are often interchangeable in unix/linux) If you do not have access to a linux/unix machine, I wouldn't know Frank > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Best regards, > > Peter Hugosson-Miller > "Faber est suae quisque fortunae." > Content-Description: Card for Peter Hugosson-Miller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
