On 01/08/12 21:40, Ague Mill wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 05:28:49PM +0200, sajolida wrote:
>> As pointed out by a user on the forum [1], the CheckIt add-on is not
>> available anymore.
>
> Do you know why?
The mozilla.org page for the extension says “This add-on has been
removed by its author” and the author is not actively developing any
other extension.
>> I found a workaround for most cases but I wanted your opinion before
>> putting that in the documentation.
>>
>> 1. Download the ISO
>> 2. Install MD5 Reborned Hasher, restart Firefox
>> 3. Open the ISO image from File ▸ Open File… and save it on top of
>> itself. That's the weird move. It seems to work ok on Windows XP but it
>> was not working on my machine where /tmp didn't have enough space to
>> store a temporary copy of the full ISO.
>> 4. Check the SHA-256 from the Download window.
>>
>> What do you think?
>
> I think it is better than nothing or unusable documentation. I'd say go
> for it.
Ok, I fixed the documentation accordingly. Please review:
https://tails.boum.org/doc/get/verify_the_iso_image_using_other_operating_systems/
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sajolida
