xorg-x11 error during FC3 installation

[James T. Carver]

On Sunday 29 May 2005 03:36 am, fedora-list-request at redhat.com wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 00:03:14 -0700
> From: Ramani Arunachalam <rarunach at gmail.com>
> Subject: xorg-x11 error during FC3 installation
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> Hi,
>
> I downloaded fc3 isos, burnt cds and started installing. But it gets
> stuck in between with the error "Unable to open xorg-x11-6.8.1.12" in
> disc2. I did check the md5sums after downloading. I used Nero to burn
> the CDs and did "linux mediacheck" on the first CD. I have tried
> burning another CD also for disc2 but it wouldn't help. The
> installation just halts there and there's no option to cancel. Is
> there any way to do mediacheck on disc2 before installing? Also, if
> anybody has faced this error before, could you pls tell me how you
> handled it?
>
> thanks
> Ramani
> (The only unique thing about my installation is that I chose an Indian
> language (Tamil) as the default language but I am not sure that
> shouldn't matter).

Try using linux mediacheck on all the cd's not just the first one, I have had 
installation errors like yours, turned out to be a faulty burn, nothing else. 
chances are that all you have is a defective disk.

James
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