You made a good point when choosing a mirror to download from. The local may not be the fastest it all depends on how many are also using the server at the same time. For this reason I skip selecting if I can or just use worldwide which is usually the default. With today's servers and ISP speeds it's unlikely you will notice any difference. Another interesting video and although I have never bothered to verify a download package I do try to only use trusted websites.
I think that particular mirror was busy; usually, it's fast. I think most people don't verify the ISO's, but it's recommended. Thanks for the positive feedback.
Thank you for the video. I had some issues because I messed up the sha256sum file by opening the original file. Your advice of copying it made me realize, that that was the issue! For anyone with the same issue. If you get an error at the authentication stage despite the command for the key working, try redownloading the sha256sum . txt and sha256sum. txt . gpg files.
Most ISOs have a verify menu item selection after you boot them up. At least that's been my experience for a long time now. I do like to md5sum files before I use them myself though. I haven't run Windows in a very long time so I do my Linux installations from Linux installations. I can't remember any image ever failing a checksum on me. Still good to make sure I suppose.
I never noticed a verify menu after booting on to ISOs. I'm not saying they are not there. Most of the time, I'm booting to an Arch ISO. Like you, I'm usually verifying my ISOs in a Linux computer. However, I think it's helpful to show how to verify an ISO in Windows for those who are planning to make the plunge. Thanks for sharing.
@@linuxmench2118 why am I not surprised that Arch would be missing such a useful feature? Arch setting Linux back decades with every release. Memtest is also a pretty popular option with distro install images too. Once you're in a Linux install you're running Linux then. So you have a command shell available. Although I don't know what trickery they use to do the hash on the image then. I've never looked into it beyond seeing it's there. It is good as a final check to see if the image was copied to the install media correctly past just it being downloaded correctly. Package managers can check package integrity too. In the spirit of sharing and reducing the load I tend to torrent install images when I can. Torrent clients check file integrity. I usually unlimited seed for a while then too. No one wants corrupted seed files. So that's an added benefit of going that route.
@@1pcfred I don't want Arch to become bloated with features! I can add them if I want them and that's what makes Arch what it is...a minimal lightweight distro that you build into a system that then runs what you need/want. I'm surprised how many so called Linux experts on YT that install Arch but can't use the few great inbuilt features it already has like systemd-networkd to configure the network and instead use a separate app like Network Manager.
@@kiwicol9699 I used to configure my network the old fashioned way by editing resolv.conf but Network Manager was installed by default and I just can't be bothered with that stuff now. So it's not that I can't or I've never done it. I'm just tired of it today. It works so I don't mess with it. Not that the old way doesn't work. But it is more work than it's worth. Back in the bad old dial up daze we used to have to write chat and pap scripts. Funzie. Do your challenges and responses. AT&F1 More useless info I'll never use ever again. That was the magic string that used to initialize dial up modems. The things we remember. Printcap used to be a joy too. We used to have to do this dumbass thing to make the backspace key work. Otherwise it'd print ^H. I don't miss having to do that either. Linux is still hard but it's not as annoying as it once was. I just invest my energies in other things today.
@@1pcfred Of course there are plenty of Linux distro's that require you to do little configuring if that's your thing and if you don't want a rolling release then Linux Mint would suit you too. I don't use a Arch based distro so I manually install pure Arch and it's just as quick and easy for me to configure systemd-networkd as using a separate app.
Trying to download mint xfce on old pc windows 7 in powershell trying to verify iso hashfile command failed 0×80070002 the system cannot find the file specified not sure what to do
Hi, I just noticed your message. I’m at work and can’t look into it until the evening. When you copied the Certutil -hashile filename.iso line did you remember to delete filename.iso and replace it with the actual name of the iso?
Do you know how to make a bootable thumb usb stick with Mint on it? How to boot your system to the thumb drive and go through an install? I if you have two extra usb thumb sticks, you could copy the ISO on to one and use the other to make a bootable install stick. After the installation, you could copy the ISO into your new system and verify it. I don't know if there is a way to verify the actual install. Even though it's highly recommend to verify the ISOs. You don't have to verify them. In my early days of using Linux, I never verified the ISOs because I didn't know how to. I had two computers running Windows 7. They both had only 4gb of Ram. I installed Linux Mint on them and they ran fine.
I don't have a usb i looked up a tutorial on how to install without one by shrinking the hard drive and makeing a partition i do have a 32gb sd card and a multi card reader will this work?@@linuxmench2118
I don't know. I always do my installs from a usb thumb drive. Even when I shrunk the hard drive and made a partition, I still did my install from a thumb drive. You have to boot on to the iso and point the install to the drive or partition you want it on.
You made a good point when choosing a mirror to download from. The local may not be the fastest it all depends on how many are also using the server at the same time. For this reason I skip selecting if I can or just use worldwide which is usually the default. With today's servers and ISP speeds it's unlikely you will notice any difference. Another interesting video and although I have never bothered to verify a download package I do try to only use trusted websites.
I think that particular mirror was busy; usually, it's fast. I think most people don't verify the ISO's, but it's recommended. Thanks for the positive feedback.
Thank you for the video. I had some issues because I messed up the sha256sum file by opening the original file. Your advice of copying it made me realize, that that was the issue!
For anyone with the same issue. If you get an error at the authentication stage despite the command for the key working, try redownloading the sha256sum . txt and sha256sum. txt . gpg files.
You’re welcome. I’m glad you figured it out.
Most ISOs have a verify menu item selection after you boot them up. At least that's been my experience for a long time now. I do like to md5sum files before I use them myself though. I haven't run Windows in a very long time so I do my Linux installations from Linux installations. I can't remember any image ever failing a checksum on me. Still good to make sure I suppose.
I never noticed a verify menu after booting on to ISOs. I'm not saying they are not there. Most of the time, I'm booting to an Arch ISO. Like you, I'm usually verifying my ISOs in a Linux computer. However, I think it's helpful to show how to verify an ISO in Windows for those who are planning to make the plunge. Thanks for sharing.
@@linuxmench2118 why am I not surprised that Arch would be missing such a useful feature? Arch setting Linux back decades with every release. Memtest is also a pretty popular option with distro install images too. Once you're in a Linux install you're running Linux then. So you have a command shell available. Although I don't know what trickery they use to do the hash on the image then. I've never looked into it beyond seeing it's there. It is good as a final check to see if the image was copied to the install media correctly past just it being downloaded correctly. Package managers can check package integrity too. In the spirit of sharing and reducing the load I tend to torrent install images when I can. Torrent clients check file integrity. I usually unlimited seed for a while then too. No one wants corrupted seed files. So that's an added benefit of going that route.
@@1pcfred I don't want Arch to become bloated with features! I can add them if I want them and that's what makes Arch what it is...a minimal lightweight distro that you build into a system that then runs what you need/want. I'm surprised how many so called Linux experts on YT that install Arch but can't use the few great inbuilt features it already has like systemd-networkd to configure the network and instead use a separate app like Network Manager.
@@kiwicol9699 I used to configure my network the old fashioned way by editing resolv.conf but Network Manager was installed by default and I just can't be bothered with that stuff now. So it's not that I can't or I've never done it. I'm just tired of it today. It works so I don't mess with it. Not that the old way doesn't work. But it is more work than it's worth. Back in the bad old dial up daze we used to have to write chat and pap scripts. Funzie. Do your challenges and responses. AT&F1 More useless info I'll never use ever again. That was the magic string that used to initialize dial up modems. The things we remember. Printcap used to be a joy too. We used to have to do this dumbass thing to make the backspace key work. Otherwise it'd print ^H. I don't miss having to do that either. Linux is still hard but it's not as annoying as it once was. I just invest my energies in other things today.
@@1pcfred Of course there are plenty of Linux distro's that require you to do little configuring if that's your thing and if you don't want a rolling release then Linux Mint would suit you too. I don't use a Arch based distro so I manually install pure Arch and it's just as quick and easy for me to configure systemd-networkd as using a separate app.
Trying to download mint xfce on old pc windows 7 in powershell trying to verify iso hashfile command failed 0×80070002 the system cannot find the file specified not sure what to do
Hi, I just noticed your message. I’m at work and can’t look into it until the evening.
When you copied the Certutil -hashile filename.iso line did you remember to delete filename.iso and replace it with the actual name of the iso?
@@linuxmench2118yes
Okay
They are easer ways in Windows, just download a Hash tool for Windows with context menu included and you just compare.
I didn’t know that, thanks for the info.
Ooooh .
UA-cam thinks it's funny to delete my reply for no reason at all so ill just comment here yes i did remember to use the real iso name
I can still see your posts. Hmm, I’m not sure why you received an error message.
Is it possible to verify it after install windows 7 is old @@linuxmench2118
Do you know how to make a bootable thumb usb stick with Mint on it? How to boot your system to the thumb drive and go through an install? I if you have two extra usb thumb sticks, you could copy the ISO on to one and use the other to make a bootable install stick. After the installation, you could copy the ISO into your new system and verify it. I don't know if there is a way to verify the actual install.
Even though it's highly recommend to verify the ISOs. You don't have to verify them. In my early days of using Linux, I never verified the ISOs because I didn't know how to. I had two computers running Windows 7. They both had only 4gb of Ram. I installed Linux Mint on them and they ran fine.
I don't have a usb i looked up a tutorial on how to install without one by shrinking the hard drive and makeing a partition i do have a 32gb sd card and a multi card reader will this work?@@linuxmench2118
I don't know. I always do my installs from a usb thumb drive. Even when I shrunk the hard drive and made a partition, I still did my install from a thumb drive. You have to boot on to the iso and point the install to the drive or partition you want it on.