beta2 has one of the better installers I've seen actually. If you're going to use beta2 though, I personally suggest grabbing a mirror and creating the ISO's taht way though. The iso's that have been created and are PD have quite a few problems (that have been fixed in the newer releases)
> them from the ISOs. You have to use 700mb CDRs. Maybe that's your > problem. Some (note, I said SOME) drives don't like the fact that they're forced to write > 700m (even with cdroms that are 700m). It's best that overburning is NOT pushed, to be honest. Not everyone CAN, and not everyone will:P > >I've verified all md5's, they check out just fine. And I burned it > >twice, and used 2 different CDRoms during install, trying to find one > >that works. Both cdroms didn't work, it just wont find the file. It sounds like the problem I was having. My solution may/may not work for you, but I'll offer it anyways: re-download the sources (use fmirror or something), make your ISO's that way , if you've got a linux machine. The reason I say that is because the new(er) ISOs are created at < 690m which WILL fit under most any architecture. Unfortunately, this means a fourth cd (though I haven't looked at it yet), but at least you've got the opportunity to USE the cd's. With beta software, generally you find that 5 days can be a bit, well, they can provide a LOT of solutions to problems that just weren't realized before, and this is one case where that's definitely true. The team behind Mandrake is one of the best I've seen for that..
