Out of Space

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 13:21:57 -0400, Richard Barmann wrote:
>I have a Gparted Live Cd that I have had for quite a while. Should I 
>download an upto date copy or does it matter.

It most likely doesn't matter, IOW you could use the old GParted CD.
I prefer to use rw media and to replace an old ISO by a new one. If the
CD shouldn't be rw, I still would use it, instead of polluting the
environment with an outdated CD.

>econd question-- I am  unsure how to do the check sums. Is it
>neccesary?

Since Ubuntu and flavours don't make it easy to get the checksums, let
alone to get the signed checksums, it seemingly doesn't matter. IMO
huge install media, we are using to install a new OS, which might take
hours, should always be checked against a checksum, even if they aren't
singed, just to ensure that there were no technical issues during the
download, so that installing the new OS fails after three hours of work.

Summary:

1. Yes, as long as GParted supports ext4, you could use the outdated
   version. IMO it's ok to do it.
2. A gpg signature isn't necessary, but a checksum is important, to
   avoid trouble, caused by a hidden transmission failure or a similar
   technical issue. IMO it's stupid to burn an ISO, that wasn't
   verified by a checksum. Sometimes I'm stupid myself, but usually
   not when it comes to an install media.

Regards,
Ralf