no question but that linux is the greatest - but . . .
why do i always have such problems upgrading?  i tend to
leapfrog releases, just because my foot is always full of
bullet holes.

ok, here i am trying to install FC4.  i download the iso's
from RH, check the SH1SUMs, which all agree, and then go
on to upgrade.  the installation halts at around 40% -
"file not found: fonts-xorg-base-6.8.2-1; disc may be
corrupted".  well, it checked out ok, but hey, let's try a
net install from the downloaded iso (iso's saved on
another machine).  damn - same problem.  i look in the
mounted iso and see that the file is indeed missing.  i
copy FC4-i386-disc1 over to a real directory (as opposed
to a mounted iso), download the missing rpm from RH,
insert it, and "retry".  voila!  it proceeds . .  . for a
while.  then - "file not found: gimp-print-4.2.7-7".  we
download that from RH and go on.  "file not found:
ImageMagic-6.2.2.-2", and so on . . .

so far i'm only up to 50% installed, but i don't
understand what's going on.  how can the installation call
for files not on the discs?  how do other folk deal with
this?  btw, i downloaded another iso from unc and it is
missing the same files.

this is very discouraging.  what next?  any suggestions?

dan

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