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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] is "scp" reliable?
Date: Sat, 29 May 2021 21:32:33
Message-Id: CAK2H+ef92tCetqKQfDrX66NkoV+j=OP7w-85Dn4t5SbMLPjywg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] is "scp" reliable? by Mark Knecht
1 On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 2:04 PM Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
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5 > On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 1:33 PM <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
6 > <SNIP>
7 > > Another mystery.
8 > > I copied the file to USB 1TB sandisk.
9 > > md5sum check OK same as my computer
10 > >
11 > >
12 > > md5sum
13 /run/media/joseph/SSD-1TB/business/backup/VDI/windows-7_pro_May-23-21.ova
14 > > 6f3348f1fb915af9c45806d947558a37
15 /run/media/joseph/SSD-1TB/business/backup/VDI/windows-7_pro_May-23-21.ova
16 > >
17 > > I mount the same USB 1TB sandisk on another computer and running md5sum
18 on same file gives me different number, why???
19 > >
20 > > md5sum
21 /run/media/fd/SSD-1TB/business/backup/VDI/windows-7_pro_May-23-21.ova
22 > > c478cb48e2f7961cb0e3eb452df6e642
23 /run/media/fd/SSD-1TB/business/backup/VDI/windows-7_pro_May-23-21.ova
24 >
25 > Different revisions of md5sum possibly?
26 >
27 > - Mark
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30 On the first machine did the md5sum of the file on the internal hard drive
31 match the version on the USB device?
32
33 I don't know if the underlying file system type effects this calculation.
34 I'd hope not but I don't know.

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