iso cds downloaded to Windows 98se Desktop; can't understand how to checksum
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Sat Aug 26 14:39:02 UTC 2006
Kam Leo wrote:
>
> You do not need to put sha1sum.exe into system32. If you only want to
> use this program one time you could have saved it to the same folder
> as the .iso files. However, since you already have sha1sum.exe in
> system32 you will not have to worry about adding a search path to
> invoke the utility.
>
> Here are the steps:
>
> 1. Click Start -> Run
> 2. Type cmd in the text box and click OK.
> This will open what we old-timers call a DOS box.
> 3. Click the mouse cursor on the cmd.exe window/DOS box.
> 4. At the command prompt ">" symbol type:
>
>> CD path_to_folder_containing_iso_files. [Example: CD C:\My Documents]
>
>> SHA!SUM name_of_file_to check
>
> 5. Repeat "SHA1SUM name_of_file_to_check" as necessary.
>
>
> HTH
>
One minor point - when you are working at the command prompt in
Windows 98, you can not use long file names, so "cd c:\My Documents"
will not work. I would have to double check, but I believe it would
be something like "cd c:\my_docu~" instead.
Mikkel
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