On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Al Neumann wrote: > 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= I am confused about what you mean by another SL ftp2 site. Please download from ftp.scientificlinux.org . -Connie Sieh > > 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.= > > =20 > 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. >