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-====== Using the md5sum to Check if a File has been Corrupted ======+====== Use md5sum to Check if a File has been Corrupted ======
  
-If you download the Tiny Core iso, or another file, you can check if it has been corrupted by verifying the md5sum.+If you download the Tinycore iso, or another file, you can check if it has been corrupted by verifying the md5sum.
  
-To check the md5sum while running Tiny Core or another Linux distribution, open the terminal and type:+To check the md5sum while running Tinycore or another Linux distribution, open the terminal and type:
  
 <code>cd path <code>cd path
 md5sum name</code> md5sum name</code>
  
-For example if you had tinycore_3.6.iso in /home/tc/dl, you would type:+For example if you had the file [[http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/4.x/x86/archive/4.5.6/TinyCore-4.5.6.iso|tinycore-4.5.6.iso]] in /home/tc/dl, you would type:
  
 <code>cd /home/tc/dl <code>cd /home/tc/dl
-md5sum tinycore_3.6.iso</code>+md5sum tinycore-4.5.6.iso</code>
  
-Compare the md5sum generated, with the one on the site you downloaded Tiny Core from.+Compare the md5sum generated, with the one on the site you downloaded Tinycore from.
  
-If the md5sum is different, the file has been corrupted, and you'll need to download it again.+In case of the example above, the output of the //md5sum// command should be: 
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 +<code>3da0ad44a0f0603542d9e1034eca9d2d  TinyCore-4.5.6.iso</code> 
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 +For our example, the reference value to compare with, will be in file [[http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/4.x/x86/archive/4.5.6/TinyCore-4.5.6.iso.md5.txt]] 
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 +If the md5sum is different, the file has been corrupted during the download. 
 + 
 +To fix thingsdelete the corrupted file and try to download again.
  
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