At 5:30 PM -0400 7/20/06, Margaret_Doll wrote: >I have downloaded years of Fedora and RedHat isos , written them to >disc and used them for installlations. > >I have not been able to write FC 5 disc2 and disc5, RedHat ES 4, >Update disc2 and disc4 successfully. They all fail the installation >test prior to starting the installation. I have checked the sha1sums >for the isos that I have. They are fine. >Any suggestions as to why the installation tests are failing. > > Installing on Dell Optiplex 620s. I have successfully done this >before with a previous version of RedHat Due to a long-standing kernel but, the test does not work well enough to use. It is possible to copy the CD back onto a file and sha1sum that file. See Paul Howarth's instructions at <http://www.city-fan.org/tips/IsoImageFromMedia>. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>