I have now done a minimal install - it was failing on a unixODBC rpm on that disk - I had tried differing speeds - first 3 were done exactly the same with no probs - just have to put it down to a weirdo.
Thanks
Ian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Wilkinson [mailto:james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 March 2005 13:23
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: FC 3 ISO's disk 4 errors
>
>
> ian.harper@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I have downloaded all 4 disk ISO's and burnt and run 1-3
> with no probs
> > however disk 4 keeps reporting errors and failing during
> media check or when
> > installing - has anyone else had similar experience and can
> they offer a
> > solution ?
>
> The simplest solution is to do a minimal install (which won't require
> the fourth CD), then when you've got Fedora installed, to
> load the extra
> packages you want from the CDs and / or through yum. Any failures then
> will simply stop you installing one or two packages, not the entire
> distribution.
>
> But if you want to get disk 4 working: have you checked the md5sum of
> the .iso you downloaded? Have you tried burning it at a slower speed?
> Have you tried different media?
>
> I assume that you've gone ahead and tried to install with the CDs you
> have, and it's stopped during CD 4. Which packages was it
> installing at
> the time?
>
> James.
>
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