md5

[Ed Fletcher]

gary hypes wrote:
> I usually download iso files from my work PC which runs Windows and
> has a much faster internet connection. Is is possible to run md5 and
> do the md5 checksum under Windows, or do I have to copy everything and
> take it to my home PC running Ubuntu and run it from there? Windows
> doesn't seem to want to recognize the md5 executable.
> 
> Gary Hypes


MD5 works under just about anything:
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~mabzug1/cs/md5/md5.html

There's a link to a .zip file near the bottom of the page.  That will 
expand into md5sums.exe and md5sums.txt.  Should be everything you need.

HTH,
Ed
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