On Tuesday, 02/10/2009 at 01:10 EST, bruce woodley <rapp0...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I have also been meticulous in checking the accurary of the DVD image when I > downloaded it (to a Windows Vista PC) > > MD5 Verification:Run md5sum *.iso > > I used Windows-Vista Roxio CD/DVD burner to burn the ISO image to a DVD. > > I have tried running through the RHEL 5.1 install several times, specifying > different install packages, but rpm validity checking always fails when > attempting to install system-config-services (which I guess is always the > 1st package to install). IIRC, Windows doesn't support some of the DVD extensions used by Linux, particularly if the filesystem has symbolic links in it. Try putting the DVD in a Linux or other Unix FTP server. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
