> It would have been nice in those cases > if one could have re-tried the read > (eg by taking the disk out and putting it back in), > as one can on Mr Gates' system, > but unfortunately Fedora seems to require you > to start again from scratch if there is a bad read. Agreed. Reopening/closing the drawer will often sort that, or swapping for an identically burned disk. (Or allowing you to pull the package by ftp) Anaconda is a bit inflexible in this area (eg it can't trivially combined CD & Network) but if anyone feels passionate about it and likes python then can have fun hacking that in.