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Description of problem:
7.2 installation ALWAYS fails on a PC where 7.1 has no problems.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
I'm trying to install all packages. I tried GUI mode, text mode, expert
mode.
	

Actual Results:  rpm fails for several packages until Anaconda exits
abnormally.
Some examples:
unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/unicode/Names.txt;3bf59301: cpio: MD5 sum mismatch
unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/termcap;3bf59301: cpio: MD5 sum
mismatch
unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-dynload/socketmodule.so;3bf59301: cpio: MD5 sum
mismatch
etc.

Additional info:

PC "A" has a running 7.2 system.
PC "B" has a running 7.1 system on /dev/hdd. This is the PC where I'm
having troubles with installing 7.2.
 
Are CDs the problem?
-------------------- 
 
- The installation of 7.2 works fine on PC "A".
 
- Checking the CDs checksums on PC "A" (RH7.2) and on PC "B" (RH7.1)
  displays the same checksums.
 
- Checking the packages' checksums on PC "A" (RH7.2) and on PC "B" (RH7.1)
  displays the same checksums.
 
=> So the CDs seem to be ok.

Is there a memory problem on PC "B"?
------------------------------------
 
- RH 7.1 runs on this PC on /dev/hdd all the time without any problems.
  That's where I'm writing this summary. This PC is usually up and running
  for many days.

=> So memory seems to be ok.
 
Is there a harddisk problem on PC "B"?
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- Trying to install 7.2 in GUI mode and in text mode 6 times on /dev/hda
  AND on /dev/hdb gives me always several RPM checksum error messages for
  different packages.
 
- I checked both harddisks for bad blocks - no bad blocks have been found.
 
- Installing RH 7.1 on these harddisks works fine (I tried it 2 times
today).
 
=> So the harddisks seem to be ok.
 
Is there a problem with the DVD ROM drive on PC "B"?
----------------------------------------------------

- When I checked the checksums of the CDs several times with this ROM
  drive, it displayed the same checksums as on PC "A".
 
- When I checked the packages' checksums several with this drive, it
  displayed the same checksums as on PC "A".
 
- Installing RH 7.1 with this ROM drive works fine.
 
=> So the DVD ROM drive seems to be ok.
 
Workaround
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I copied the 7.2 images via the DVD ROM drive to /dev/hda on PC "B".
Then I installed 7.2 on /dev/hdb by using the ISO images on /dev/hda.
Now the 7.2 installation succeeded.
This shows again that the harddisks, the memory, and the DVD ROM drive are
ok.
 
My conclusion:
--------------
 
The boot kernel for the 7.2 installation seems to be broken.
It looks like this kernel has problems with the "HITACHI GD-2000, ATAPI
CD/DVD-ROM" drive. I never had any problems when I installed 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
7.0 on this PC with this DVD ROM drive. And today I installed 7.1 2 times
on this PC
without getting any rpm errors.

Thanks
Werner