StandardError: Invalid modeline in file

[verysoon]

FC4 installation problem.

i'd download the iso & burn to 4 CDs.
during the installation, i encountered the following:-

raise exceptions.StandardError("Invalid modeline in file: %s"%(line))
StandardError: Invalid modeline in file:
install exited abnormally.

i did a Media Check & the Result Failed. so i guess it's a bad disc or corrupted iso.

i take the same CDs to test on computers in the office. Media Check Result Passed! i even checked all the remaining 3 CDs & the result is still positive.

so i proceed to install. surprisingly the installation went on smoothly! it took me further than what i experienced at my home pc. (i didn't install all the way. just testing)

so i've come to a conclusion that there's nothing wrong with the CDs. it's hardware competablility on my home PC. (which is running fine on w2k so it's not faulty hardware)

i've search quite a few forum around (maybe not hard enuff... so forgive this newbie..)
& come across some ppl with similar problem, but with different modeline numbers...
still no solution.

some claimed it's disc problem cos they failed the media check. but not in my case... the CDs i'd tested & it's perfectly fine.

so can someone help me with this? & what is modeline btw, & the numbers, what do they mean? i'd be grateful.

i'll try to post the exact error msg here again when i get home.

thanks... & yes.... i m super-new to fedora

[verysoon]

this is exactly what it says..

Running anaconda, the Fedora Core system installer - please wait...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 690, in ?
import xsetup
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/xsetup.py", line 20, in ?
import rhpl.xserver as xserver
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rhpl/xserver.py", line 24, in ?
import rhpl.monitor as monitor
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rhpl/monitor.py", line 427, in ?
read_modes("vesamodes")
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rhpl/monitor.py", line 418, in read_modes
raise exceptions.StandardError("Invalid modeline in file: %s"%(line))
StandardError: Invalid modeline in file:
install exited abnormally
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
disabling swap...
unmounting filesystems...
/mnt/runtime done
disabling /dev/loop0
/proc/bus/usb done
/proc done
/dev/pts done
/sys done
/tmp/ramfs done
/mnt/source done
/selinux done
you may safely reboot your system.

[verysoon]

i tried text mode.
it went slighly further but still run into error simiarly to the above but diff files & line number

really no one can offer help on this?

[u-noneinc-s]

Just a thought. Do you have 2 cd/dvd drives? I have a cdrw and a dvdrom, and I find my dvdrom drive is not that
reliable. (I guess it needs glasses) The cdrw has not failed me once.

[verysoon]

thanks for your response.

only i cd-drive. i tried disabling DMA for the RD-rom instead of using "auto-detect"
during one installing, using text mode, it took me further. til i'm able to select language & install component etc... then it crash. & a similiar "invalid modeline" thingie appears.

other then that incident, i still wasn't able to get anyway further than the problem i outlined in post 1 & 2.

just a tot... will using the 5 disc FC4 installation helps?