D/L Validation issues and your website
Reorx
reorxalpha at bellsouth.net
Sat Jun 20 21:06:38 UTC 2009
I am generally "computer literate" (maybe even "savy") but a Linux
virgin... I recently downloaded a copy of the Fedora 11 live ISO file for
Intel compatible PCs (32-bit).
Your website suggests "validating" the D/L.
In the "validating D/L for Windows users" section, you give Windows
users 3 choices for validating their D/L:
1) HashCalc >>> I couldn't get HashCalc to D/L - probably a problem
with the HashCalc website - not your fault.
2) XCSC >>> Nice little utility which reported the
SHA1SUM as "795B52B3C7B16EBA6F2CAE055EC894D8648D8095"
(without the quotes)
3) SHA1SUM.EXE >>> Nice little command line utility that reported
the SHA1SUM the same as XCSC but using lower case letters. I
realize that this doesn't matter (i.e. the SHA1SUM is actually
a hexidecimal number and therefore is NOT case sensitive).
Now that I have a SHA1SUM value for MY D/L, it would be nice to
find a SHA1SUM value for the file on your website for the sake of
comparing the 2 values i.e. validation. The instructions about
how to use the above software suggest opening the file "SHA1SUM" using
a text editor and comparing the values... I looked everywhere but
couldn't find a file named SHA1SUM!!!
My request is that you put a link to the referenced SHA1SUM file on
the webpage for the Windows validation instructions
>>>
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/readme-burning-isos/en_US/sn-validating-files.
html
In the meantime, can you send me a link to the file or tell me if the
file that I D/L has the correct SHA1SUM value???
Thanx for your assistance...
- Michael -
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