listing files

[Tod Merley]

On 8/31/06, MICHAEL WEAVER <michaelweaver1 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> How do I list files on something other than a hard drive when using the
> command line?
> I have a CD burned of the latest Ubuntu but I need to find out if there
> is a fault with the files ie whether it has burned properly.
> A directory listing might tell me if all of the files in the iso burned
> onto the CD.
> I tried looking on my desktop in windows only I keep getting this splash
> screen and what I see is disk tree or something like that and I can't
> seem to find anything else with it trying to boot the CD so I am hoping
> a LS on my laptop which has Ubuntu will indicate if there is a problem.
>
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Hi MICHAEL WEAVER!

I think that what you want to do is verify your burned disk?  To make
sure that - A. What you download is proper (very important) and B.
That the disk you burned is going to work.

First - how to verify the disk you burned.  When they make an iso
image (a data file containing an "image" of the whole disk) they also
run a program which generates a big number.  This number can then be
used to verify that the download or a disk made from the image are
indeed correct.  The number is called the md5 sum:

# Note the part about "verify files" - our use here!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5

# This looks "Making Ubuntu using Windows - cannot verify but looks OK me scan.
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/iso.html

Second - simply some information on the issue of burning iso images:

# Looks at a lot of the issues
http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Downloading_FAQ

Third - a thought.  Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) for the desktop (probably
what you downloaded) is first of all a live CD.  Then second, from the
live environment, can be installed.  Live CDs are often slow to start
up.  It has to do with the fact that they are loading from a CD drive
(not the fastest thing in the world) then uncompressing all the files
(takes some more time) and then actually installing and using them
(yet more time!!).  Perhaps you should let the "splash" remain a bit
longer (OK, had a long week, it is late, I am tired, I hope not too
silly!).

Hope you enjoy Dapper!

Tod