iso cds downloaded to Windows 98se Desktop; can't understand how to checksum

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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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