As mentioned in my previous post I just completed a rebuild on my new dns/mail server. And it was almost a disaster.
When loading from CDs I would get a dialog that an rpm could not be found, perhaps bad media. I would pop out the CD, click OK and things continued. Until finally it would not. I had two copies of the CDs and neither worked!
So I happened to have the CDs on my web server (NT running Apache 2.something old) and since these systems were on the same subnet I opted for an HTTP install.
Got that going and about 25% in, it hung. And no way to tell it, please try the server again. (other systems could access the server and see the files in question).
I tried to get apache running on another Linux system I am building but took a wrong turn there so I desperation I tried the CD install. Everything was working this time until disk 3 about the last rpm. ARGH! So I took the CD out and cleaned it really well, and it found the rpm ni question.
Oh what a weekend.
I have GOT to get a good way to do an install......