My guess is that Netscape under windows translated the line feeds in the kernel file (downloaded it as ascii) which Netscape under unix did not do.

In my first attempts at installing RJLov's volume adjustment kernel, that is precisely what happened to me. I made Richard PKZip the files to solve the problem.

Although Linux users might not like the extra step involved in having to unzip the files, it does guarantee (on all platforms) that the file won't be corrupted by downloading issues. If the file can be unzipped, then you know for sure that it is byte-for-byte what the sender intended it to be.

Would it be possible for your program to verify the kernel file before uploading it?

Yes, if there was some way to scan the file for certain bytes to verify its integrity. However, since it's basically just a compiled ARM executable, and all executables can be different (everyone compiles their own code in, that's the point of a replaceable kernel), I'd guess that this would be very difficult.

Does anyone have any idea how I might go about scanning the kernel file to verify its integrity? I know nothing about this unix "file" program that was mentioned.

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Tony Fabris