Alan Peery wrote: >>Never ever succesfully installed redhat on vmware via >>the CDs... this has always happenned to me. > I have successfully installed various Redhat installations directly from > the .iso files via VMWare in the past, but it does feel indeed like this > is a problem between VMWare and the .iso files. > > I burned the exact ISO files onto physical media, and installed them on > another machine, and the installation went fine onto other hardware. Try to use the option "Legacy emulation" for your CDROM in your virtual machine settings if the media check or installation fails. Regards, Stefan