Tom, > I then tried using a mount with loop to mount the iso images. Same > problem with "media error". Did you run md5sum -c against an MD5SUM file? The Novell server has been known to modify bytes upon download. If not you can cut and paste.
For 31-bit CDs: # cat MD5SUM.sles9 4f5ca784a148ac0431ee18cd9c7840ce SLES-9-s390-RC5a-CD1.iso b7f95b81510dfd527579b184baee5d30 SLES-9-s390-RC5-CD2.iso 21d3e2eb32aa83bb0ddad1f08526d37f SLES-9-s390-RC5-CD3.iso 849936436e1fdd351df6403dbf5d7e2d SLES-9-s390-RC5-CD4.iso 7655c5871fae2915efe9644d211041e4 SLES-9-s390-RC5-CD5.iso 11bb0fcd7e82a07b7ab2878708478768 SLES-9-s390-RC5-CD6.iso For 64-bit CDs: # cat MD5SUM.sles9x b45dd5dbb47fad87f58fb1b658dbc7f8 SLES-9-s390x-RC5a-CD1.iso 04e7b9d8629e1d973230be67b22dc9b7 SLES-9-s390x-RC5-CD2.iso 1a5b5f0d15b4e182d2b23da478725933 SLES-9-s390x-RC5-CD3.iso cee521cbd1ac6c2e3980da99bd4b652e SLES-9-s390x-RC5-CD4.iso 7fd515da7f5cdc2bd916ee432da30fd4 SLES-9-s390x-RC5-CD5.iso 74301159228f91a4da4a2bb78cb607aa SLES-9-s390x-RC5-CD6.iso Create those files in the same directory as the ISO images and run "md5sum -c MD5SUM.sles9<x>" > So I then used the mkinstroot perl script from Mark If you mean the mksles9root shell script, that would be mine. Maybe if you find a bug in it we can credit Mark :)) "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390