OT: fao: iso wranglers, md5 in install Media?

Adam Williamson awilliam at redhat.com
Sat Jan 21 21:32:45 UTC 2012


On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 21:47 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:50:26 +0000, FM (Frank) wrote:
> 
> > As far as I can tell there is no md5 embedded in the download.isos
> > 
> > But not getting into too much detail,
> > there is a user who is convinced there is.
> > <quote>
> > However there is an md5sum
> > check somewhere in the installation cd"
> > </quote>
> > 
> > Can someone put me or the user right?
> 
> That refers to the "mediacheck" installer option, which may default to on for
> some types of installation.

It's presented as a selectable option right at the start of a
media-based (i.e. DVD) install - it asks if you want to verify the media
or skip straight to installation.
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