Hi Michael,
Reorx wrote:
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???
Unfortunately, the problem is that the documentation is out of date
for Fedora 11, because the checksum used was switched to SHA-256
instead of SHA-1. A bug has been opened to update the documentation.
There is a little bit more information in the bug report:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/504228
There are some windows sha256sum binaries listed in the bug report,
but I am not sure any of them are suitable for the Fedora Project to
recommend to users. But I have no doubt that between the Fedora
documentation team and the other great folks in the Fedora community,
this situation can and will be improved.
FWIW, I can attest that the SHA-1 of the Fedora-11-i686-Live.iso is
795b52b3c7b16eba6f2cae055ec894d8648d8095. (Now, whether you have any
reason to trust me is another matter. :)
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