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Solve : MD5 and SHA1SUM Problem?

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My desktop is currently running Suse 9.3 and Kubuntu 5.04. I have two hard DRIVES attatched to seperate ide controllers, and a dvd drive. Anytime I try to calculate an md5sum or sha1sum on files over aprox. 100MB they come up incorrect. (if I run md5 or sha1 on the same file multiple times will give a different value each time.) This is true for all three partitions (FORMATTED with reiser.) and the cdrom drive. I downloaded a couple ISOs from DamnSmallLinux and the mdsums came up correct, but all files where 50mb or less. I have tried reformating but the results are the same in both OSs. Im concerned that it may be a hardware problem but I posted in the hardware section and they said to post in the Linux section.

Setup (in CASE it helps)
3.2 GHZ Pentium with HT
1Gb RAM
WD 80 gb HD
SG 160 gb HD
Pioneer DVD-RW DVD-105
Kernel 2.6.11-smp
kde 3.4.1



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