When I try to install Red Hat 9 on Desktop, Server or custom, it gets to a file called slang 1.45-16 and then I get an error saying "error copying file slang 1.45-16 this is a fatal error and setup will be aborted. Check that the hard drive is not full. This may be a media problem."

Ironically it stops on the ad screen that says " Red Hat Linux, better than duct tape.'' To me its worse than sticky tape. On workstion mode it gets to a file called Isof 4.63-4, hangs for a while and goes to a dos screen that says "setup exited abnormally. it is safe to reboot your computer." my computer is as follows:

Pentium 3 550 mhz
64mb ram
20gb hdd
nvidia tnt2 riva model 64 video card
liteon cd-rom

Partions:
6gb windows xp (stupid but im im sick of win me crashing), ntfs 6gb /, ext3fs
188mb swap
102mb /boot, ext3fs
6.7 gb files, ntfs

I'm new to linux so imight be doing something stupid. Any Idea's?

Thanx

If you have plenty of space, could have been a bad burn or disk, did you burn this yourself from an iso or bought? Try performing a custom install and skipping or not selecting that package ??

RH9 cds come with "check media" options. Do that. It might be you got yourself bad CDs.

The CD was bought I used the media check and it passed. I still have to install those packages even if I choose minimal.