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danleff, I'm not sure which burning software I am using. All I do is right click the file, and select "Write to CD..." from the drop-down menu. As for speed, I don't seem to have any choice. There is a greyed out submenu item which lists "Maximum speed possible." I cannot change this setting. cascade58

I'm experiencing a problem while attempting to install Fedora Core 5. I already have FC 3 loaded on the machine, but I am NOT going to make the box dual-boot. Instead, I will re-format the entire disk and begin a brand new install. I downloaded the five .iso installation files, as well as the rescue .iso file. I then ran sha1sum on each file. Each result agreed perfectly with the result posted on the the site from which I downloaded. So far, so good. I then burned six CD-R's, one for each file. I performed the burn by right clicking each file, and then chose "Write to disc..." from the drop-down menu. Each burn appeared to go smoothly. Okay, so now I drop disk number 1 into the CR-ROM drive and reboot the machine. I am presented with the initial FC 5 installation screen, and a couple of screens more I am prompted to begin testing the CD media before actually installing the software. Now comes the problem: Installation disks 1 and 4 pass the media check, but disks 2, 3, 5, and the rescue disk all fail. Huh? As I stated above, sha1sum returned the correct result for each .iso file. Thinking that maybe there was something wrong with the platters themselves, I re-burned the files onto new disks. Same result. I then swtiched CD-R brands, going from TDK 700 MB disks to Maxell 700 MB disks. Again, sam problem. I've downloaded the offedning .iso's from another web site, thinking that perhaps that was the problem. Same result. I am assuming that someone in this world has successfully installed Fedora Core 5 by the procedure that I am employing. Perhaps I should buy Nero Buring ROM and burn the disks on my MS XP home machine. A couple of specs: The mahcine is equipped with an AMD Athlon 2700 CPU. The CD-ROM drive is a Sony CD-RW CRX230ED. Any insight would be appreciated. cascade58