been trying on and off for two days to install redhat 9 on a spare machine. Looked neat and wanted to try some Linux terminal server stuff. Anyway, I just can't get a good 2nd install disk. I've downloaded the iso from 3 different mirrors and burned with 2 different XP machines - both used Nero. No dice, 1 CD couldn't be read at all, the others fail at various stages depending on how many packaged I install. The last one crapped out 180 megs from finish. What gives??!! I want to try this out, but, hell, I'm tired of sitting thru install after install and having it give me an error. Any advice? I'm giving it one last shot then I'm off to Mandrake's site or maybe Debian's. Too, bad, since Red Hat seems to be some kind of defacto standard that most RPM's (whatever the hell they are) run on. Gonna set it aside for a day and regroup... any thoughts would be appreciated.

Did you do the CRC checks on the iso files after you downloaded them? I don't remember exactly how to do it, but when I downloaded my Mandrake ISOs the first time, CRC values were provided. Somewhere I found the CRC program to run against the download files to produce CRC numbers that I verified against the CRC values from the website. I would imagine that there are instructions or a link somewhere on the page where you download the ISOs.

I tried to install RH9.0 on a Celeron P IV 1.6 GHz and an Amptron Motherboard. It didn't work. The same kit installed fine on a "real" P IV. The error message were the same like yours: aborting due to different library issues, depending on the selected install variant. I checked the md5sum's and they were OK (before and after burning).

I just installed RedHat Linux 9 on a Compaq Presario 1675 laptop. It has a AMD K6-2 running only 380 MHz. I tried using the CDs I burned using Nero and had read errors on both disks. I never got to the third disk because the install locked up. Media check found no problems with these disks. These same disks worked fine on my main computer. I went back and reburned all three disks using Nero at its slowest speed (4X). The installation went fine this time.

Yeah...try burning at a slower speed and on good quality CDRs.

Thanks for the ideas... I think I'll reburn (and try again) at 4X with TDK cdr's instead of 32X with compusa no-names. Why don't these thoughts cross your mind at 1 a.m.? :-) If all else fails, I found Redhat 9 cd's from some linux place for $19 shipped. Might break down and go that route if needed. thanks again! Steve

The bonus of buying a distro is that you often get a good book....especially useful if you're new to linux. These days I tend just to download ISOs, but I still refer back to the manuals of old distros (eg redhat 5.2) now and again....sometimes to help me sleep at night!=o)