Comments on: Howto: Verify Downloaded Linux / BSD DVD or CD ISO images for integrity

By: el_b

el_b — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:39:47 +0000

What about checking a dvd itself? I once burned slack 13 32bit to a dvd with growisofs, and it seemed to be corrupted, it gave me an error about glibc… I was trying to use XFS, it seems to be the best choice and has worked well for me.

By: tekkon

tekkon — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:24:34 +0000

I know this article has been posted for a while but can you please help me understand the situation I’m facing?

I tried using the method above to verify my FreeBSD 7 download from “ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/7.0/”.

1st time using firefox 3, 2nd time with a firefox download manager “downloadthemall” and third time using wget.

For all 3 downloads all checksums were different and didn’t match the CHECKCUM.MD5 provided at “ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/7.0/”.

Makes me wonder if the difference are caused either by different download methods or corrupted downloads.

By: vivek

vivek — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:31:03 +0000

DON, You can try out your specific questions at our forum

By: DON

DON — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:59:49 +0000

I am a beginner to linux. I want to master linux and gnu C. I would like to get some tips for that from experienced people like you. Please help me in this regard

Thanks in advance
DON