Harold Fuchs wrote:
On 09/08/2008 12:54, James Knott wrote:
Harold Fuchs wrote:
Should you use it on Windows? If you are sure you got the file from an
authentic site then no, I don't believe it's worthwhile.
I use the MD5SUM to verify the file wasn't corrupted in download.
It's very easy to do that in Linux.
Just as easy on Windows. The chances are high these days that the
download isn't corrupt so just run it; if it's corrupt the OS will
complain.
I often use md5sum to verify a CD or DVD ISO file. In the past, I had
burned some coasters, because I had a corrupt ISO file and didn't know
it. After I started checking with md5sum, that problem didn't happen again.
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