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C. Ulrich dincht at securenym.net
Wed Oct 1 06:01:31 PDT 2003


On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 00:35, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:

> The second two files/ISO's you listed are
> the "Mini" distribution CD, and the MD5
> (cryptographic) checksum.  You'd use the
> MD5 checksum to determine that the
> files you download are complete and
> legitimate, more or less.  Take a look
> at documentation around the net on
> the subject of "checksums."

Is the second ISO just some kind of rescue disk? I spent a couple days
pulling that sucker down through a modem only find out that it doesn't
seem to have any extra software on it.

TIA

Charles Ulrich
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