On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 15:46:59 -0500, Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At this point I'm not sure what to do. It's like a giant step backwards. > I'm downloading the 6 CD iso's now. Should I just install from the CDs? > (I'm hoping the CD install doesn't fail.) This sounds like the DVD might be marginal. Did you do a media check? If it is a media problem and the DVD isn't too bad, you might get lucky trying again. Another possible option would be to copy the DVD image to a partition that isn't being formatted (during the install) and do an install from the hard drive.