Bug 66134

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Description of problem:
This has been an odd bug.  The first time I attempted to install Redhat, the 
installer crashed about 1/2 way through, just after/during installing 
openjade.  I naturally thought this was a fluke, so I tried again, and 
received the same error in the exact same place.  Then I remembered that I was 
using a CD-R, so I thought the CD was the problem and burned another.  This 
time, it got past the openjade spot, but hung just a few packets from 
completion (didn't catch the exact point).  So, I figured that I also had a 
bad 2nd CD as well, and burned another of it.  It crashed at the openjade 
point again.  Next, I thought my download was to blame, so I downloaded both 
CDs again and burned yet another copy of each.    The next time I tried, it 
crashed in the same spot as before, at the openjade point.  At this point I 
logged into bugzilla and read through some people with similar problems.  I 
also ran the checksum, which came out perfectly fine.  I noticed one person 
said he burned a CD at a slower speed, and this solved the problem, so I tried 
that, too.  However, I received the same error.  This leads me to believe that 
this error is a bug, for 2 reasons:
1.  Other people have had this same error at the same point.  The odds of this 
happening by a faulty burn are quite high.
2.  I used FOUR DIFFERENT CDs.  The odds of the same error at the same point 
occuring due to a replicated erroneous burn are also extremely slim.
Oh well, I hope you can help.  I was going to be a former Windows user, but 
now I'm not so sure.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Burn the installation disk
2. Run the installer


Actual Results:  I receive the same error

Additional info:

OK - here is the hardware config:

* Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
* 512 MB DDR RAM
* Soundblaster Audigy Gamer
* Visiontek XTASY 6964 Geforce 3 Ti500
* 3 hard drives - 80 GB Samsung (Windows disk), 15 GB Maxtor (also Windows 
disk), and 6 GB Quantum Bigfoot (would-be Linux disk)
* Acer Benq 48x12x48 CD-R/RW

* Note: while typing this up, I had an idea - I burned the disks without 
closing the sessions (old habit), and since the errors come just after the 
half-way point of the installation (or at the theoretical end of the first 
disk), perhaps this is the cause of the problem.  I will respond saying 
whether this has an effect.