I got the suse 12.3 twice via bit torrent and once via direct download. Both times via torrent, the files were corrupt and un-installable. The third time which was the direct download, I did checksum after downloading the file and then got the follwing error…
md5sum -c <openSUSE-12.3-DVD-i586.iso>.iso.md5
md5sum: standard input: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found
Whats the deal? What am I doing wrong?
tia…heybro
On 03/27/2013 10:46 PM, heybro wrote:
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> I got the suse 12.3 twice via bit torrent and once via direct download.
> Both times via torrent, the files were corrupt and un-installable. The
> third time which was the direct download, I did checksum after
> downloading the file and then got the follwing error…
>
>
> md5sum -c <openSUSE-12.3-DVD-i586.iso>.iso.md5
>
>
> md5sum: standard input: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found
>
>
> Whats the deal? What am I doing wrong?
The less than “<” shoud not be ahead of the file name. Did you look at “man md5sum”?
What is the actual command line that you used.
The one that you give in your post could not have been correct, or if it was correct, would have generated an error.
Maybe try:
md5sum -c openSUSE-12.3-DVD-i586.iso.md5
or even
md5sum -c < openSUSE-12.3-DVD-i586.iso.md5
md5sum -c <openSUSE-12.3-DVD-i586.iso>.iso.md5
Directions are here…
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Download_help#Burn_the_ISO_image.28s.29
heybro
Edit…Tried it without the more than sign like you suggest and it sates ok now…Thanks for the help and PATIENCE
On 2013-03-28 05:06, heybro wrote:
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> md5sum -c <openSUSE-12.3-DVD-i586.iso>.iso.md5
>
> Directions are here…
> https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Download_help#Burn_the_ISO_image.28s.29
Are you sure they tell you to put those “<>” symbols, or do they tell
you to substitute <name> with the actual name? 
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)
md5sum -c <openSUSE-12.3-DVD-i586.iso.md5
I got an ok from the system after using the above with correct file address.
I burnt the dvd. Tried to boot but it just sits there blinking and thinking. Waited 20 minutes.
Still trying to understand what I have done wrong since the sys gave me an ok. I disallowed all drives except cd and I dis allowed
boot other device in bios.
heybro
this is an actual quote from…
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Download_help#Burn_the_ISO_image.28s.29
md5sum -c <some>.iso.md5
DVD does take some 10~20 mins to “detect” lol! the installed system and identifying the partitions. Better take a break and come back. The reason why i switched to Live ISO
On 03/28/2013 06:26 AM, heybro wrote:
> md5sum -c <some>.iso.md5
which is meant to mean: remove the <some> name and replace it with
the actual name, like
md5sum -c <-some variable name->.iso.md5
md5sum -c openSUSE-12.3-DVD-i586.iso.md5
yes, it is not very clear, but the page is consistent in using pointy
brackets “<>” to show variable names needing the actual to be typed
in instead…
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dd
On 2013-03-28 06:26, heybro wrote:
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> robin_listas;2541983 Wrote:
>> Are you sure they tell you to put those “<>” symbols, or do they tell
>> you to substitute <name> with the actual name?
> this is an actual quote from…
> md5sum -c <some>.iso.md5
Yes, I know, I looked at it. But writing <name> is a standard convention
in computer documentation where it is known that you have to replace the
entire “<name>” string with the actual name.
I agree that this practice can be confusing, because some times you
actually need to type that symbol for redirection. Good books usually
have a page where they explain the typographical conventions.
But it is a wiki: you can edit the article yourself and improve it. Or
write into the discussion section (which is empty now). Or bring up the
issue in the wiki mail list of the wiki forum for discussion.
Documenters are scarce, so help will be welcome!
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)
On 2013-03-28 06:36, vazhavandan wrote:
> DVD does take some 10~20 mins to “detect” lol! the installed system and
> identifying the partitions. Better take a break and come back. The
> reason why i switched to Live ISO
Floppy enabled in BIOS, perhaps?
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)
I did have a floppy drive on my old system.<<_<<
Let me check the new 12.3 on my current rig
On 2013-03-28 17:56, vazhavandan wrote:
> I did have a floppy drive on my old system.<<_<<
> Let me check the new 12.3 on my current rig
I have a floppy drive in this 12.1 system. I tried it some days ago, out
of curiosity: endless flow of errors in syslog, I had to kill 9 the
process. I don’t know how long it would keep trying if I had not stopped
it. Maybe 12.3 tries and fails similarly, delaying the installation for
a long time.
I have no idea why my 12.1 does not read the floppy. Could be kernel
problem, could be hardware problem. No idea… and little interest in
spending time to find out.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)