If you're attempting to install from a network share using the DVD, it
will fail. Your other option is to make anaconda boot off from the
network and specify your network repositories that way.

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I currently have a working CentOS 5.6 system on my workstation.  Because
> CentOS 6 is not yet released, despite the release of RHEL 6.1, I am
> attempting to switch to SciLinux 6.  As both CentOS and SciLinux are RHEL
> clones (and thus relatively hardened production professional distributions,
> not enthusiast toys), they should be compatible. I am running CentOS in 32
> bit mode, but I am installing SciLinux 6 as 64 bit mode (X86-64) on a quad
> core X86-64 AMD workstation, with the intention of loading the full 32 bit
> compatibility mode.  After manually configuring the network and the drive
> layout from a bootable SciLinux 6 X86-64 DVD, the install fails.  The error
> message indicates a probable bug in anaconda (the RH installer).  I have
> attached the error output log to this email.  Any help greatly would be
> appreciated as I need this workstation as both a general purpose machine and
> as a test platform for code before loading it on our compute engines.
> Yasha Karant [log in to unmask]
>