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Check ISO is valid or not. ISO disc images are uncompressed and do not use a particular container format; they are a sector-by-sector copy of the data on an optical disc, stored inside a binary file. ISO images are expected to contain the binary image of an optical media file system (usually ISO 9660 and its extensions or UDF).

Prior to burning your downloaded ISO image (or using it as a virtual disc in Virtualbox), it is strongly recommended that you first check that it hasn't been corrupted. The consequences of not doing so, especially if you intend on installing Manjaro as your main operating system, should be obvious, that is that a corrupted image will result in a corrupted installation.

Sha256sum is another Linux command line utility used to compute and check the SHA256 message digest algorithm. Along with Md5sum, it is used for detecting file corruption as well. Download pages also provide sha256sum digests for ISO images to verify against the file once it is downloaded. The only way to check if a file is corrupt is to try and read it; only software which knows how to read that particular format can do that. What you could do is use file to identify the type of the file, and then use the type to choose an appropriate program to check the file. When the image file is corrupted, it cannot be repaired. Ghost does not include any features for repairing corrupted image files. You must create a new image file instead. In some cases, what appears to be a corrupted image file is actually corruption on the source drive (the drive that you created an image of). The only way to check if a file is corrupt is to try and read it; only software which knows how to read that particular format can do that. What you could do is use file to identify the type of the file, and then use the type to choose an appropriate program to check the file.

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If you also have been facing a similar problem with the Windows ISO images, then the first thing you should do is check the file integrity of the downloaded ISO file. You can use HashTab to calculate the file hashes of the ISO image. Or you can use our own lightweight file hash checker utility Hash It. You have to look for the SHA-1 file hash in either of these tools. Prior to burning your downloaded ISO image (or using it as a virtual disc in Virtualbox), it is strongly recommended that you first check that it hasn't been corrupted. The consequences of not doing so, especially if you intend on installing Manjaro as your main operating system, should be obvious, that is that a corrupted image will result in a corrupted installation.

Check Iso File For Corruption

To make the check, you must first download the appropriate checksum file from the same Sourceforge website folder as your chosen ISO image. A checksum file will have the same name as the ISO image that it is to be used with; the only difference is that it will end in either -sha1.sum or -sha256.sum. For example, the appropriate checksum files for the manjaro-xfce-0.8.1-x86_64.iso file (64 bit Manjaro release 0.8.1 with the XFCE desktop) would be:

  • manjaro-xfce-0.8.1-x86_64-sha1.sum, and/or
  • manjaro-xfce-0.8.1-x86_64-sha256.sum


SHA1 and SHA256

The 'sha' part of the checksum file name stands for Secure Hash Algorithm. This algorithm is used to generate a particular code unique to the downloaded ISO image. sha1 and sha256 are different versions of the algorithm that you can use to do this. Whilst sha1 is the most commonly used version, sha256 is a later and more secure version. Whichever you decide to use is entirely your choice. However, if you are unsure, then it is recommended to use sha256.

The checksum file itself is just a text document that contains a code that should match the code generated by the sha1 or sha256 algorithm. As such, if the code generated from the ISO file matches that contained in the checksum file, then the ISO is fine; otherwise, if the two codes don't match then it means that the ISO file has changed in some way, most likely due to being corrupted. You can think of it like someone using a secret password to identify who they are: if they provide the wrong password, then something is obviously amiss!

Don't worry if this all sounds a bit much, it's actually very straightforward and easy to use!

To check the integrity of your downloaded file, it will be necessary to first open the downloaded checksum file using a text editor such as Gedit. Depending on whether you intend to use sha1 or sha256, ensure that you have downloaded and opened the appropriate checksum file, that is one ending in *.sha1sum or *.sha256sum respectively) as they will contain different codes. Once the checksum file has been opened and the code is visible, open up your terminal and change to the directory where your downloaded ISO is stored. For example, if your ISO file is located in the default Downloads folder, you would enter the following command:

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The command to then perform a checksum uses the following syntax:


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For example, the following command will use sha256 to generate a code from the 64 bit Manjaro XFCE 0.8.1 ISO. The code generated can then be compared to the code provided by the appropriate sha256 checksum file:

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As illustrated, in this instance both codes match, thus confirming that the downloaded ISO file is correct. The following command would use sha1 to undertake exactly the same task:


When satisfied that both codes match, then it is safe to proceed to either burning the ISO to your chosen installation media, or using it immediately in Virtualbox. If the codes do not match, then it will be necessary to delete the ISO image and download it again.


It will be necessary to download and install a checksum utility application. There are many tools which can provide sha1 and sha256 sums. One such tool is Quick Hash


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Are there any general solutions to check if a file is corrupt or not? For example, whether a video file is bad, or a compressed file is corrupt, etc.

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No, there aren't any general solutions. The only way to check if a file is corrupt is to try and read it; only software which knows how to read that particular format can do that.

What you could do is use file to identify the type of the file, and then use the type to choose an appropriate program to check the file. You could write a script like this:

But you'd have a lot of work to do to fill out the case statement.

It's possible that someone has already written such a script (or program), but i don't know of any.

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If you know at some point in time the file is good, you can make a checksum of it and use it to compare later to make sure it's still whole. This is useful before transferring files between mediums or across networks.

If you don't know about the good state of a file, no there is no universal way or checking for corruption. Only the specific file format in each case determines what is corrupt or not corrupt data.

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If you happen to use ZFS, either you can read the file and it is guaranteed not being corrupted or you got a read error and it is.

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Edit After the wise comments, here is a clarification of my answer:

ZFS can protect and detect against silent data corruption. eg: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/data-corruption-is-worse-than-you-know/191 Of course if the file is already corrupted at the time it is initially written, there is nothing the file system can do.

To protect against corruption that would happen during the transmission of the file, the usual general purpose techniques are md5sum or similar hashes.

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