Yeah, I just downloaded that md5summer today and it does the same thing so it must be the iso that is screwed up. Or maybe when you check the sum it changes it but probably not.
Thanks for the replies.

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I just did the verify with md5summer for redhat 9 that i just downloaded and none of the sums matched. I don't think anything I've downloaded has a correct sum. What am I doing wrong? Maybe I need a download manager. Can anyone recommend a download manager or give me any advice as to what's going wrong?
Thank you