commit 76d74e5fd74acfc284bb2aba9f9602472dcde74a
Author: Pete Travis <immanetize(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Mar 7 21:27:56 2013 -0700
Pulling updated validation info from master
en-US/Validating.xml | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Validating.xml b/en-US/Validating.xml
index 64df140..5820ae2 100644
--- a/en-US/Validating.xml
+++ b/en-US/Validating.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
The Fedora Project and Red Hat, Inc. have no control over external sites such as the
ones listed in the sections below, or the programs they provide.
</para>
</important>
+ <section
id="ect-Burning_ISO_images_to_disc-Validating_the_Files-Getting_the_CHECKSUM_Files">
+ <title>Getting the CHECKSUM Files</title>
+ <para>Before getting started, it's a good time to download the checksums from
<ulink
url="http://fedoraproject.org/verify"></ulink>. Click on the
link that matches the ISO you have downloaded and keep it handy for the next steps.
+ </para>
+ </section>
<section
id="sect-Burning_ISO_images_to_disc-Validating_the_Files-Validating_in_the_Windows_Graphical_Environment">
<title>Validating in the Windows Graphical Environment</title>
@@ -29,17 +34,17 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- HashTab: <ulink
url="http://beeblebrox.org/"></ulink>
+ HashTab: <ulink
url="http://implbits.com/HashTab/HashTabWindows.aspx"></u...
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Marxio File Checksum Verifier (FCV): <ulink
url="http://www.marxio-tools.net/en/marxio-fcv.php"></uli...
+ DivHasher: <ulink
url="http://soft.mydiv.net/DivHasher.html"></ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- DivHasher: <ulink
url="http://soft.mydiv.net/DivHasher.html"></ulink>
+ MD5 GUI: <ulink
url="http://www.toast442.org/md5/"></ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -47,6 +52,9 @@
Follow the instructions provided to install the program. When you run the program, use
the file selection tools provided to select your downloaded ISO image files. Then select
the SHA256 algorithm for calculation, and run the tool. The program takes some time to
complete, since it must read the entire ISO file.
</para>
<para>
+ If you are using HashTab, you will need to enable the SHA256 checksum option. In order
to do this you will to open the File Properties window (right click --> File Hashes tab
--> Settings), then select the SHA256 option. It is advisable to uncheck any
preselected hash options as they will only slow down the hash calculations.
+ </para>
+ <para>
Open the file <filename>CHECKSUM</filename> with a text editor, such as
<application>Notepad</application>, to display its contents. Make sure the
hash displayed by the hash tool for <emphasis
role="strong">each</emphasis> of the downloaded ISO files <emphasis
role="strong">exactly</emphasis> matches the corresponding hash in the
<filename>CHECKSUM</filename> file.
</para>
<para>
@@ -57,15 +65,15 @@
<section
id="sect-Burning_ISO_images_to_disc-Validating_the_Files-Validating_at_the_Windows_Command_Prompt">
<title>Validating at the Windows Command Prompt</title>
<para>
- To check the files using the command prompt, download the program
<filename>sha256sum.exe</filename> available from <ulink
url="http://www.labtestproject.com/files/win/sha256sum/sha256sum.exe...;.
+ To check the files using the command prompt, download the program
<filename>sha256sum.exe</filename> available from <ulink
url="http://www.labtestproject.com/files/win/sha256sum/sha256sum.exe...;.
If you have any problems accessing sha256sum.exe, you can try to grab
<filename>md5sum.exe</filename> from <ulink
url="http://etree.org/software.html"></ulink>. If you have downloaded
<filename>md5sum.exe</filename> be sure to substitute for the correct tool
below.
</para>
<para>
The <filename>sha256sum.exe</filename> program computes and displays
hashes. To use it, save <filename>sha256sum.exe</filename> to the same
directory as the ISO files. Select <guilabel>Run...</guilabel> from the Start
menu and then enter <userinput>cmd</userinput> for the name of the program to
start a <application>Command Prompt</application> window. Then change into the
download directory. Run <command>sha256sum</command> with each ISO file like
this:
</para>
-<screen>cd "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My
Downloads\Fedora"
-sha256sum.exe Fedora-&PRODVER;-i386-DVD.iso
-</screen>
+ <screen>cd "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My
Downloads\Fedora"
+ sha256sum.exe Fedora-&PRODVER;-i386-DVD.iso
+ </screen>
<para>
The program takes some time to complete, since it must read the entire ISO file.
</para>
@@ -118,7 +126,7 @@ $ sha256sum Fedora-&PRODVER;-i386-DVD.iso
Open the file <filename>CHECKSUM</filename> with a text editor, such as
<application>gedit</application> or
<application>kwrite</application>, to display its contents. Make sure the hash
displayed by <application>sha256sum</application> for <emphasis
role="strong">each</emphasis> of the downloaded ISO files <emphasis
role="strong">exactly</emphasis> matches the corresponding hash in the
<filename>CHECKSUM</filename> file.
</para>
<para>
- If all of the hashes match the hashes found at <ulink
url="http://fedoraproject.org/en/verify"></ulink>, you can burn the ISO
file to disc. If a file does not match, download it again.
+ If all of the hashes match the hashes found at <ulink
url="http://fedoraproject.org/verify"></ulink>, you can burn the ISO
file to disc. If a file does not match, download it again.
</para>
</section>