Problems Installing FC5

[Kam Leo]

On 8/24/06, Tom Horsley <tomhorsley at adelphia.net> wrote:
> > > Any suggestions on how to proceed?
>
> If you have access to a different DVD burner, you might try that.
> I've seen very finicky drives that work OK for sequential
> reads like the "check media" does, but have problems when
> doing random access and starting and stopping like you get
> with the actual install. Sometimes a DVD-R made on a different
> drive has worked better.
>

The old saw for CD/DVD's goes as follows:

 1. Burn at lower speed
 2. Use different media/manufacturer; e.g. +R instead of -R or RW.
 3. Disable DMA

I find that an NFS install works quite well in this type of situation.