Aurora:
Problem with crc solved!
You are right (of course!), you can't see <crlf> or white spaces, or any hidden, non-visable characters, but they all count
towards the crc, check sum, or whatever method you use to establish file integrity. I was about to view the
file with a hex editor to verify there was nothing there that shouldn't be there.
The problem was very simple, as most problems and solutions are. I didn't realize, and I'm sure this has been
mentioned many times, immediately after the last character in the serial number, there should be nothing, nothing
but one blank line below. To insure that, you can put your curser right after the last character and pound away
on the delete key or use any other method you choose. Then tap the <enter> key one time. Then save the file.
There should be no remnants of the # or the previous checksum, nothing. Again, extremely basic, but looks
like I'm not the only person who got this wrong. I've seen so many examples where a bunch of xxxxx were put
in instead of the single blank line.
Now on to some fun stuff!
And no, you didn't insult me, believe it or not, I listen to all of you, my hearing may not be too good though.
Thanks everybody who answered my PM's and gave me good advise.
Jim H.
I note the comment about not having changed the original file. Would that not cause this issue as it will have a CRC entry present at the bottom of the file ? The very presence of the Checksum throws off the CRC calculation. You have to delete the original CRC checksum result from the file then run it through the CRC calculator and create the checksum. Compare this to the one you deleted. they should be the same. Just a thought. Not wanting to insult you at all but are you aware of what the CRC checksum is and how it is produced ? If not, please be aware that a CRC calculator takes EVERY character present in a file and produces a checksum representing that files content. If you have ANY additional characters present in the file it will destroy the checksum validity. Please take a look at the E4 e8.cfg file to see what it should look like at the end. You will see a position for the serial number to be entered, Then CRC is run, then resultant checksum is entered into e8.cfg file at the bottom.