On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 09:03:18AM -0400, Ralph Grove wrote: > I'm trying to install Fedora 1. I downloaded the CD's, tested them > successfully and started the install. Within a few seconds, the > following error appeared: > > "Error 2 reading header: cpio: Bad magic" > exec of Anaconda failed.... > > Has anyone seen this error? Any ideas on how to resolve it? > > Thanks This could be a media, memory, or hardware failure, but you can try the text based install. Probably the cd. jay