John,
Not really. (I tried it anyway.) When the CD is burnt, it doesn't
contain any zoot... file any more. It contains the RedHat CD structure.
I guess it's not possible. I guess I'm trying to check a file that
doesn't exist.
Regards
Gustav
"John P. Verel" wrote:
>
> On 03/31/00, 09:59:31AM +0200, Gustav Schaffter wrote:
> > Is there any way of doing the md5sum test on an already burnt CD?
>
> I would think just mount the CD, change to that mountpoint and enter:
> md5sum --binary zoot-i386.iso assuming your image is for Intel.
> Then compare to the signatures from your download source. NOTE: This
> does take some time. On my P-II 733, it takes close to 5 mins.
>
> John
> >
> > I have the download done in one site (Win-NT), burn the CD and then
> > bring it home.
> >
> > At home, under Linux, I'd like to check the CD before launching the
> > upgrade.
> >
> > Regards
> > Gustav
> >
> > "John P. Verel" wrote:
> > >
> > > And this time...sucess! Thanks all for the checksum tips. I was
> > > otherwise poised to use a corrupted image to upgrade. Much misery
> > > averted! Thank you.
> > >
> > > John.
> > >
> > > On 03/30/00, 11:56:27PM -0500, John P. Verel wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Off we go on another overnight pickup ;)
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > $ md5sum --binary zoot-i386.iso
> > > > >
> > > > > That should get the right number. Note that calculating it takes a while,
> > > > > so don't think the system is hung.
> > > > >
> > > > > -W-
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