check your MD5 checksums !!

[anyweb]

the instructions here allow you to MD5SUM your downloaded ISO's in Windows using the file below, also, any reference to the MD5SUM's themselves MUST be check on [/url]http://fedora.redhat.com as the MD5SUMS's below, are for Fedora Core Release 2 (not 1, 3 or 4 for that matter...)

 

If you are planning on downloading Fedora Core Release 2 (especially the 4 gb DVD iso) then check your md5 checksums, it will save you burning coasters

 

here are the checksums and attached is a tool which will allow you to check the checksums from within windows, just copy it to your c:\windows\system32 directory and do md5sum filename.ext

 

download md5sum.exe from here

 

[url=http://www.etree.org/md5com.html]http://www.etree.org/md5com.html

 

cheers

 

anyweb

 

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Hash: SHA1

 

c366d585853768283dac6cdcefcd3a2d FC2-i386-disc1.iso

fc3c926442cc85a469268651bd04c186 FC2-i386-disc2.iso

5ad870e696953f4bbd0a91936873890e FC2-i386-disc3.iso

c736f8048b12315b5c0b070de1d74867 FC2-i386-disc4.iso

2d8a20014af287bf8c6b29f2da031f98 FC2-i386-DVD.iso

22f4bfca5baefe89f0e04166e738639f FC2-i386-rescuecd.iso

0c0268f26ed08d24880119e1b44d45e8 FC2-i386-SRPMS-disc1.iso

3d17a40489e8dcd3761f166ff264c712 FC2-i386-SRPMS-disc2.iso

4e798934b399eb78e9e67dec23d946bb FC2-i386-SRPMS-disc3.iso

5d84eb0aecea8bce8e4857d3e46136c3 FC2-i386-SRPMS-disc4.iso

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux)

 

iD8DBQFAo8uQtEJp0E8qb9IRAjgnAJ92Rl2f6K/1Z1DCHB6qinau88WYXgCggF4P

1xFVxG7HVYVGJenIv1oSdrQ=

=yWK+

-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

[anyweb]

and this is the actual MD5SUM file for Fedora Core Release 2

 

plus.. once done, to verify it do as follows:-

 

Code:

[root@localhost root]# gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 4F2A6FD2
gpg: key 4F2A6FD2: "Fedora Project <fedora@redhat.com>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:              unchanged: 1

 

followed by

 

Code:

[root@localhost root]# gpg --verify /home/anyweb/MD5SUM
gpg: Signature made Thu 13 May 2004 09:25:04 PM CEST using DSA key ID 4F2A6FD2
gpg: Good signature from "Fedora Project <fedora@redhat.com>"
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: CAB4 4B99 6F27 744E 8612  7CDF B442 69D0 4F2A 6FD2

 

and from fedora's own website

 

 

[/url]http://fedora.redhat.com/about/security/

 

they state

The Fedora Project fedora@redhat.com public key is available from a number of places: 

    * From our website

    * In a Fedora Core distribution, in the file /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

    * On a public keyserver, such as pgp.mit.edu

 

The fingerprint of the fedora@redhat.com key is:

 

CAB4 4B99 6F27 744E 8612  7CDF B442 69D0 4F2A 6FD2

 

so you can see that the key fingerprint matches even though there is a warning !

 

cheers

 

anyweb

[url=<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=148]md5sum

[honkanen]

I downloaded md5sum.exe and ran it in DOS as:

 

md5sum FC4-i386-disc1.iso and it gave me:

 

00f145389547055096c78ca2fb90d1a2 *FC4-i386-disc1.iso

 

I went to Fedora's site (http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fe.../i386/iso/) and opened up the "SHA1SUM" file and it said:

 

3fb2924c8fb8098dbc8260f69824e9c437d28c68 FC4-i386-disc1.iso

 

Does that mean that the md5sum failed and I have to download the iso again? Or am I just not doing the md5sum properly?

 

Thanks!

Dan

[anyweb]

fedora core release 4 uses sha1sum and not md5sum

 

you need to download a different utility for fcr4

 

[/url][url=http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/..._for_Windows%3F]http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/..._for_Windows%3F

 

cheers

anyweb

[honkanen]

Thanks for the info about sha1sum.exe. I downloaded and ran the sha1sum against the FC4 disc1 .iso and it came up with the correct: 3fb2924c8fb8098dbc8260f69824e9c437d28c68 value.

 

Does that mean that the file I downloaded was in fact a complete and safe copy? If so, what else could be the problem with the GUI linux install spitting out my CD?

 

Dan

[anyweb]

it just means the downloaded iso is correct

 

did you merely burn that iso to the cd, or burn the cd FROM The iso,

 

in addition, once burned, if it fails during the install then burn another copy at a slower speed

 

you'll get there eventually :)

 

cheers

anyweb

[honkanen]

Thanks for the reply. I'll try to burn at a slower speed, but not sure what you mean about burning the cd from the iso.. I downloaded the .iso opened it up with "UltraISO" and burned from that program. Is Mandrake or Red Hat easier?