Okay boys I'm one step closer I haven't tried it yet. Seems as though somethings have transpired overnight and I had to do some research. Anywho, thanks to "ambishop" for pointing me to jacksum. I have indeed verifed the checksum on my hacked version of "navboot" and the original V26 file. They are indeed identical. Now the testing begins.
Off to my car. I'll report back as soon as I can. Pray for me folks