Lubomir Sedlacik wrote:

> i don't really think that's the problem.  you can try to extract them
> with e.g. 'tar tvzf' to see if they are ok.

   Thanks.  The result was "unexpected end of file" for base.tgz,
comp.tgz and xfont.tgz.  The remainder of the files were alright.
Mozilla did report 100% download in each case (and <shift-left
mouse> was used in each case).  I'll replace the truncated files
(which also showed fewer bytes than indicated on the Minnesota ftp
archive) by way of the old command line ftp -v and try sysinst again.
Then I'll follow the rest of your advice.  ...will report back but
only if after success or reading much documentation.

Art