Windows – How to make sure a downloaded .iso matches a hash value

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I have download the .iso file as guided here and there is part that says to verify the downloaded .iso with CRC or SHA-1 hash value.

Make sure that the CRC and SHA1 hash values of the downloaded ISO
image match these: CRC: E94C762E SHA-1:
F8BE0471FA306E5A9E5C117F63B5D3A621FB571D

How can I get the hash value then?

ps.

My google search comes up with this post and the solution is on MD5.

Best Answer

If you're using Windows, you can download a utility such as winhasher which will generate various types of checksums for your file. To verify the integrity of your file, compare the checksum to the one on the site you downloaded the software from. If it matches, you're good, if not the software is corrupt, has been tampered with, or a few other things.

To get the md5 sum using native utilities in Linux, use the md5sum command like so: md5sum <liveCDname>.iso and compare it to the one you found online. Alternatively, if there is a file such as MD5SUMS available for download on the server, you can download it to the same directory as the ISO and run md5sum -c MD5SUMS

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