On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 01:19:30AM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Andrei: > > > > question: I have s live/installable-CD/DVD. I use its normal/rescue > > > mode - I do somethings w/ my OS on HDD in order to make it working. > > > I had no ability to check its checksum, so, is there a way I can be > > > sure that the software I used is "clean"? > > > > Why can't you check the checksum? > > For two reasons: > > 1. I do not know how to get image from a cd/dvd - I believe by simple > dd-ing it will not work w/ checksum, but some more options should be > used.
Actually, a simple dd should work. > > 2. not for all cd/dvd-s I know checksums or places where I can obtain > it - it is for a bit older Debian and Ubuntu. - For I have noticed that > on their sites the chcksums are gone as soon as new images are uploaded > to the sites. Or there is a archive for the checksums? Could you please be more specific as to the version? Both Debian and Ubuntu keep copies of older images. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best tzaf...@debian.org | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100721095056.gc17...@pear.tzafrir.org.il
