How To Check MD5Sums for R12 Staging CDs on Windows

Problem:

How do I check the MD5 checksums for R12 Staging CDs?

Solution:

In MOS document “MD5 Checksums for R12.1.1 Rapid Install Media” [ID 802195.1], download the checksum file for your platform (e.g. Windows). Then execute the following command:

md5sum --check md5sum_Windows.txt > md5sum_result.txt

Note that the md5sum command comes bundled with Cygwin. If the output from the above command shows that all lines contain the word ‘FAIL’, try converting the text file to UNIX format:

dos2unix md5sum_Windows.txt

The above command removes trailing carriage return characters from the end of the lines.

After this, retry the md5sum command.