problem installing Fedora 8

[Buz Davis]

For some years I have been running a couple of Red Hat 9 systems
on a home network.  For the most part they got done what I needed
done so I have tended to ignore their being out-of-date.  It recently 
became apparent to me that the Internet was moving away from me, so I 
began searching for an update.

First I tried a set of disks that came with a book from a used/surplus 
book store.  These were Fedora disks, but without a stated version 
number so I suspect very early Fedora.  With these the install (and I 
was trying to update) seemed to do well until the second or third disk 
failed with an invalid media message.  Surprisingly the system still 
runs.  Grub offers to boot Fedora but I suspect much of what I am 
running comes from the earlier RH9.

I just purchased a set of Fedora 8 cds (my boxes don't have dvd capability)
and night before last put them successfully through a media check.  But 
when I attempted to install I got a nearly immediate termination.  The 
messages read (as best as I can decipher my handwriting):

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Running anaconda 11.3.0.50, the Fedora system installer - please wait ...
install exited abnormally [1/1].
Sending termination signals ... done
Sending kill signals ... done
disabling swap
unmounting filesystems
    /mnt/runtime  done
    disabling /dev/loop0
    /proc  done
    /dev/pys  done
    /sys  done
    /tmp/ranfs  done
    /mnt/source  done
    /src/????  done  (here, I can't read my own scribblings )
you may now safely reboot your system
===

The system consists of an AMD  K6 at 500 Mhz, 320 meg ram, and plenty of 
disk space.  I have tried installing in text mode with nousb, but still 
encounter the problem.  Last night I let the memtest supplied on the 
installation cd run overnight and it completed 8 passes without error, 
so I think the ram is OK.

Any suggestions would be welcome.