Re: Md5 Checksums re: zoot-386i.iso

[Wayne Dyer <dwdyer austin rr com>]

John P. Verel wrote:
> Hi.  I went to the download site where I got zoot-i386.iso and printed
> the Md5 checksums.  I then ran cksum (under RH 6.1) and got a print
> out that was completely different from the one from the Purdue site:
> The Purdue site was 31 digits in length, my result was 20, counting an
> embedded blank.  Obviously, the two numbers bore no resemblance to
> each other.
> 
> Did I do this correctly?

$ md5sum --binary zoot-i386.iso

That should get the right number.  Note that calculating it takes a while,
so don't think the system is hung.

-W-