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[ubuntu] How to find checksums for the files

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I downloaded v. 12.10 last night but accidentally closed a window that had the download going in one of the tabs. I believe it had probably already finished downloading, but am not sure. I wouldn't want to download it a 2nd time and waste resources here, but don't want to try and install it if it is incomplete. I was going to run a checksum anyway and that should resolve whether I got the entire file, but I don't see where the checksums for the downloads are listed so I can compare what I have with what I should have. Any help would be appreciated. (Hardware)

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Submitted by xskl on 11/29/2012

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I want to download an Ubuntu ISO, preferably over bittorrent, and verify its integrity.

Currently, the following steps are required:

start web browser, go to ubuntu.com, find download link find gpg signature for the checksums get the gpg key to check gpg signature of the checksums wait until download finished gpg verifiy checksum verification

Isn't there a simpler way?

Well, shoot, I can't even get 11.2 downloaded. I am currently running OpenSUSE 11.1, KDE 4.1.3.

After every attempt to download, I get the wrong md5 checksum. I've tried about 8 times now. I'm not even getting consistent checksums.

First I tried BitTorrent using KGet, and then after reading the Download help I tried DownThemAll.

I'm trying to upgrade to F11, and I'm having trouble. I attempted to download the x86_64 DVD .iso image by bit torrent, and it seemed okay, but when I started the installation the DVD failed the initial integrity check. I tried a second time with another DVD and got the same result.

I was trying to download linux mint iso file but i could only find winrar file. In some websites i found iso file but when i downloaded it, it is incomplete. I am currently using ubuntu 12.10. I want to switch over to linux mint. i really like this but still struggling to get the iso file. could anyone please post me the url where i can get the iso file.

I have a FreeNAS 8 machine (FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p1) with two different shares on it. I'm migrating files from Share1 to Share2. The Shares have different directory structures and naming conventions. I'm looking for a way to verify that a file on Share1 actually exists (and is accurate) on Share2.

Attention Suse download maintainers:

I have been downloading the 11.2 live cd all weekend (32 bit version) - and every time I've gotten a bad checksum. Also, the md5 hash link shows an md5 sum from the wrong file - i586, when the download is i686.

Ok this is getting a little crazy . . . I went on Windows and downloaded one of them through Firefox last night and the other one with a (faster) download manager after I tried verifying the first. Both return something completely different from what is located here:

I'm confused about the whole MD5 checksum thing.

Allow me to explain what it is I am confused about.

I have MD5 text files that I've created in Windows and now that I'm using Linux (in this case Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1) I am finding that I cannot check them without being told that there is a formatting error.

So I use md5sum (in terminal) to create a new MD5 file.

Sanity checking MD5 sums 22 weeks 4 days ago

Do MD5 checksums contain a checkbit?

I have to copy some MD5 checksums by hand (there's no other way) and was wondering whether there is any code out there that can validate a checksum as being valid in the same way one can validate a credit card number.

Just to be clear, I'm not asking how to generate an MD5 sum from a file so that I can compare it with the sum I've been given, I'm asking if it