On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 05:53:19PM -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > Hi Members, > > Been at this for quite some time. I'm new to the application called > "md5sum.exe" thus please be patient. I researched the "how-to" and > attempted to verify the debian netinst file called, > "debian-6.0.5-i386-inetinst.iso" that I downloaded yesterday. > > I'm using windows 2000 and windows 7 to learn the process of verifying > that the file I downloaded is in fact "error free". I went into the > command prompt (cmd) in windows and attempted to execute the > md5sum.exe file to check the iso file I downloaded. > > I downloaded the debian iso file to my desktop and installed the > md5Sum.exe as per recommended (in system32) folder. I'm not sure I'm > typing the correct path.
Hello Wally, You don't tell us what errors you get (if any), so it's a little difficult to say what you're doing wrong (for example, you might be doing things right, but not understanding the output). You say you've copied md5sum.exe to your %WINDIR%\system32 folder, so it should be in your path now. CD to the folder where your ISO and MD5 files are, then type "md5sum -c Somefile.md5" (without the quotes). The MD5 file will contain the name of the file to check (the ISO) and the expected MD5.
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