fluid11,
thanks for the reply. I've done that, checked out ok. I'll be a bit more precise...
right before the applications intall, the partitioning/format process takes place. No problem. Immediatley after, it starts "copying install image to hard drive". And it does until the progress meter(graphical installation)hits 100%. Then just hangs.
perhaps the mount point where the install image copies to does not have enough drive space?
/boot has 50MB
swap has 512MB
/ uses the rest of the drive. approx 8GB.
I may need to contact Red Hat Support. thanks.