I am trying to install Fedora Core 5, but the install said my disks contained errors.

The following is a description of the steps I followed in installing these disks.

1. I have spent the last two days downloading the five CD ISO files from ftp.gtlib.com.cc.gatech.edu.
2. Next, I checked the sha1sum's of these files.
   Code:

   43546c0e0d1fc64b6b80fe1fa99fb6509af5c0a0  FC-5-i386-disc1.iso
   a85ed1ca5b63e2803f29a33ea6a6bc8eb7f63122  FC-5-i386-disc2.iso
   19d87a4c5f611fa852f20e6a30bb96ead0912354  FC-5-i386-disc3.is
   bea1e959dbb238773a872f70f8896905cfb7776a  FC-5-i386-disc4.iso
   3966b3041620f62b5e8c8ade31b3348779cd52e9  FC-5-i386-disc5.iso

   NOTE: I could not find an official listing on the Fedora Project Web site to verify that these numbers were correct, however they were the sums listed on the server I downloaded from.
   
3. I inserted a Maxell CD-R into the writer, and opened K3b 0.12.4-svn, selected Tools and Burn CD Image. Then I selected the first disk, and clicked start. After each burn, I restarted the computer and burnt each CD in the same manner.
   
4. Once all of the disks were completed, I placed Disk 1 into the drive and rebooted the computer. Eventually I made it to the CD Media Testing step shown here. Disks 1, 2, 4, and 5 all returned errors according to the disk test. Disk 3 was the only disk which passed the Media test. I repeated the test again and it returned the same results.

I have installed many different Linux distributions from downloaded ISO files, but I have never had this problem before. Does anyone have any idea of what might explain why there are errors on these disks?

The media check is known to be buggy and there are lots of previous threads about this. Skip the media test and see if the installation works fine. Since FC1 I have only ever passed the media check a couple of times but the installation always works out fine.

Did u do these ??

1) Double-check ur written cds after burning them
2) Check for scratches, dust or physical damages to the cds
3) Make sure there are no reading problems for your cdrom drive
4) Tried burning them again

I have a similar problem. I have downloaded FC5 i386 CD isos and burnt them with K3B. The sha1sums check out ok. Ran the disk check from the install utility and discs 2 - 5 are fine but disc 1 failed. Ran install anyway and it failed after 5 mins - could not read the vim package saying the install medium is corrupt.

So, I downloaded iso 1 from another mirror and tried again. Exactly the same error at the same point in the installation. Repeated another 2 times from 2 separate mirrors and exactly the same error each time - it fails at exactly the same point. This leads me to think that it is the original image that is corrupt although other people have successfully used these images.

Going to have one more go but this time I'll copy the iso to my XP partition and use nero. If that fails, looks like i'll have to send off for a CD set. Bummer!!!!

Andy

If the sha1sums are okay but you keep having problems during install time, try burning at slower speed or using different media.