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Re: SL 5.1 x86 medium installation problems
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:34:25 -0500
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Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> Hi, I have downloaded SL 5.1 x86 DVD image, and although it passes
> sha1sum test and I burn it verifying it, when I test the medium during
> install it fails. Also installation fails. The same happens with CentOS
> 5.1 x86 installation DVD, so perhaps it is a Red Hat EL5.1 x86 DVD issue?
> 
> 
> In any case this made me move to Ubuntu (it was a "showstopper" for me).

Did you actually try installing from the DVD?  Just skipping the 
installers DVD check and do the install?

Ubuntu is a good distribution as well, so maybe you'll have better luck 
with it.  It has some features that SL doesn't, and SL has features that 
it doesn't.

Troy
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