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| ====== Use 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 |
| - | To check the md5sum while running | + | To check the md5sum while running |
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| md5sum name</ | md5sum name</ | ||
| - | For example if you had tinycore_3.6.iso in / | + | For example if you had the file [[http:// |
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| - | md5sum | + | md5sum |
| - | Compare the md5sum generated, with the one on the site you downloaded | + | Compare the md5sum generated, with the one on the site you downloaded |
| - | If the md5sum is different, the file has been corrupted, and it needs to be download again. | + | In case of the example above, the output of the //md5sum// command should be: |
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| + | For our example, the reference value to compare with, will be in file [[http:// | ||
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| + | If the md5sum is different, the file has been corrupted | ||
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| + | To fix things, delete the corrupted file and try to download again. | ||
