All,
Thanks for the info.
Meanwhile, I re-downloaded from another SL ftp2 site* via a different PC
(Win2003 Server) using Nero and see the same issue.  Sorry, I think I'm d
one
wasting DVDs...
md5sum and sha1sum? -I think I've done well enough.  Note: I've downloade
d
to test over 21 different major distro's and never had this issue.  I rea
lly
suspect your download site.  Maybe I'll wait for the next SL version (?)
Thanks anyway.
Al

P.S.:  Okay, a 'last call' diagnostics for you guys...  I just found
installing KDE (only)- unchecking Gnome -actually installs w/out a hitch.
 
What are the odds?  Is it too simple to suspect that something may be wro
ng
w/ the compiled Gnome files, or that your 'autoblocker' is also interrupt
ing
the download of some of these?
Installing with either only Gnome or combined Gnome and KDE checked alway
s
fails regardless the DVD.  I even tried alternating DVDs in the midst of 
the
failures to see if potential 'bad' areas of DVDs could be evaded 'on the
fly', but they all seemed equally flawed.