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9 | <sections> |
| 10 | <section> |
10 | <section> |
| 11 | <title>Hardware Requirements</title> |
11 | <title>Hardware Requirements</title> |
| 12 | <subsection> |
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| 292 | Unix/Linux systems): |
292 | Unix/Linux systems): |
| 293 | </p> |
293 | </p> |
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| 295 | <pre caption="Decompressing the iso.bz2 file"> |
295 | <pre caption="Decompressing the iso.bz2 file"> |
| 296 | # <i>bunzip2 gentoo-alpha-1.4rc1-test3.iso.bz2</i> |
296 | # <i>bunzip2 gentoo-alpha-1.4rc1-test3.iso.bz2</i> |
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297 | </pre> |
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299 | <p> |
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300 | Another way to check the validity of the downloaded file is to use GnuPG to |
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301 | verify the cryptographic signature that we provide (the file ending with |
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302 | <path>.asc</path>). Download the signature file and obtain the public key: |
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303 | </p> |
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305 | <pre caption="Obtaining the public key"> |
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306 | $ <i>gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 19462D47</i> |
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307 | </pre> |
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309 | <p> |
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310 | Now verify the signature: |
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311 | </p> |
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313 | <pre caption="Verify the cryptographic signature"> |
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314 | $ <i>gpg --verify <signature file> <downloaded iso></i> |
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315 | <comment>(If everything goes well, you should see something like this:)</comment> |
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316 | gpg: Signature made Mon Apr 19 18:54:40 2004 EDT using DSA key ID 19462D47 |
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317 | gpg: Good signature from "John Davis (Gentoo Linux Developer) <zhen@gentoo.org>" |
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318 | gpg: aka "Gentoo Linux Release Engineering <releng@gentoo.org>" |
| 297 | </pre> |
319 | </pre> |
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| 299 | <p> |
321 | <p> |
| 300 | To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you |
322 | To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you |
| 301 | do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss a couple of popular |
323 | do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss a couple of popular |