#24 Checksum verification instructions do not work on Windows 10
Opened 5 years ago by janvlug. Modified 4 years ago

I tried the checksum verification on Windows 10 as described here:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f29/install-guide/install/Preparing_for_Installation/#sect-verifying-images

The variable $expected_checksum is empty after executing:
$expected_checksum = ((Get-Content $checksum_file | Select-String -Pattern $image) -split " ")[0].ToLower()

This line works for me:
$expected_checksum = ((Get-Content $checksum_file | Select-String -Pattern $image) -split " ")[7].ToLower()


Additionally, when calculating the $download_checksum for a Fedora Server image

$download_checksum = [System.BitConverter]::ToString($sha256.ComputeHash([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("$PWD\$image"))).ToLower() -replace '-', ''

I get the following error:

Exception calling "ReadAllBytes" with "1" argument(s): "The file is too long. This operation is currently limited to supporting files less than 2 gigabytes in size."

Indeed, the Fedora Server image is 2.9GB

Somebody just came to Ask Fedora with this issue. This one works too (tested in PowerShell Core):
$expected_checksum = ((Get-Content $checksum_file | Select-String -Pattern $image) -split "\) = ")[2].ToLower()

the steps given for verification don't work. should have expected that.


to save your time until it gets fixed-

here's what I did to workaround instructions in https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f31/install-guide/install/Preparing_for_Installation/#sect-verifying-windows after it not working the first time.

the files were already present from first try.

open a new shell. i'm using powershell 6.2.3 for this.

  • step one.
gc .\Fedora-Spins-31-1.9-x86_64-CHECKSUM | sls xfce
# Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-31-1.9.iso: 1472069632 bytes
SHA256 (Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-31-1.9.iso) = e2b05ee78dc5e4c39258d2d068a5c891366de02440ebcd7bcedf1fa31d15354e

in the input to sls, use kde if your iso is for kde spin. eg:-

gc .\Fedora-Spins-31-1.9-x86_64-CHECKSUM | sls xfce
# Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-31-1.9.iso: 1472069632 bytes
SHA256 (Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-31-1.9.iso) = e2b05ee78dc5e4c39258d2d068a5c891366de02440ebcd7bcedf1fa31d15354e
  • then type
$expected_checksum = "e2b05ee78dc5e4c39258d2d068a5c891366de02440ebcd7bcedf1fa31d15354e"
  • final step
echo $calculated_checksum $expected_checksum $calculated_checksum.Equals($expected_checksum)

the output of final step should be like -

e2b05ee78dc5e4c39258d2d068a5c891366de02440ebcd7bcedf1fa31d15354e
e2b05ee78dc5e4c39258d2d068a5c891366de02440ebcd7bcedf1fa31d15354e
True

the first two lines must be exactly the same and the third line must be True.

note- this is just what i do, you can improve this any way you want. I do it this way as its simpler for me.

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