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One thing you can do since you have a cd/dvd reader, is to put all the 
rpms on a dvd, do a floppy install and point to the cd for the sources. 
  It's a bit more of a headache, but it is a workaround for the problem.

I too would suspect a hardware issue since this is consistent across 
distros.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995


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