On Wednesday 16 March 2005 04:22 pm, John Pearson wrote: > I have downloaded the dvd iso image for Fedora Core 4, test 1, etc. The > sha1sum hash on the completed torrent matches the published spec. The copy > of the same images hashes clean on the machine that I am using to burn the > image. [using Nero 5.5 under windows XP. All that is available here and > now.] I have made 3 dvd copies using different batches of blanks. None of > them passes the test. None of them produces a working machine. Although I > am able to install both FC2 and FC3 on the machine in question. Is there > something else that I can do or need to try? > > -jpearson NB: In order to create a usable installation I had to install to a pata drive. 03/16/2005-06:25:32 PM-EST FC4T1 - up and running. I flipped a coin, grabbed a dvd and installed. The warning about post-process was both right and wrong. Graphical login spun right up, and I can take root. I will have to create a standard user later. Network connectivity verified through lan firewall. System looks like this: Gigabyte GA-K8NS motherboard [nForce3 250 chipset] AMD64 2800+ 1.0G DDR400 ram 30G Maxator ide [lost the rest of the documentation] 70G Seagate sata You recommended yum for update. I will try it. I have used apt/synaptic up to this point. The installation to this point is Personal Desktop [minimum - except for joe as text editor of choice.] -jp