Hello,
Martes G Wigglesworth wrote:
> Greetings all.
> 
> I noticed these messages yesterday after returning home from work where 
> my SL-6_x86-64 install had just failed.
> 
> I decided to try repo switches and minimal installs.
> 

I don't know what you mean by "repo switches"

> Whatever you guys did to this install DVD set, it doesn't even make it 
> past the first package if the setup requires catapi.
> 

Considering "catapi" isn't in the release, it's really hard to test that.

> Did you guys test these dvds at all before making them available on the 
> 21-JAN-2011 date? (where this dvd was downloaded)
> 

yes

> I haven't seen any update information on this issue so I would like to 
> know what I should do to further investigate, or when you will make a 
> new set of x86_64 iso since this absolutely seems like a media issue.
> 

The iso's work and have been tested quite a bit.
Perhaps you need to make a new set of DVD's and make sure the sha1sum 
matches when you download.
Or, since this is a known issue, don't select all the repos.

> I ended up installing pcbsd-8.2 on this system but I really wanted to 
> use Scientific Linux 6 since the clusters and everything is run in 
> linux.  I am about to start doing MPI/GPU research and I would really 
> like to test out the SL-6 distribution. (Mostly because I would imagine 
> that if it works for DoE then it probably works for my needs as well.)
> 

If pcbsd works for you, that is fine.  I am a true believer that a 
person or group should use what works for them.

Troy
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