All,

	I believe that we've got a defective CDROM for Abaqus. We are on the  
platform:	RedHat Linux AS 3 64-bit.
	I tried several times on difference machines.  We used the Linux  
x86-64 CD and that sysinfo.tar just cannot be un-tarred.
	I used it on **different** CDROM while copying the file, it said sth  
along line of: cdrom_decode_status error:

Here are the setup:
[software@mulnx31 software]$ /mnt/cdrom/setup

A scratch directory is required for the execution of the
ABAQUS installation procedure.

TMPDIR is not defined on this system.  Provide the full path
to the scratch directory.

Scratch directory is: /tmp/
cp: reading `/mnt/cdrom/lnx86_64/sysinfo.tar': Input/output error
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Checking system requirements for installation.  This will
take just a moment...

***ERROR:  One or more system tests have failed the minimum installation
            requirements. The installation procedure will not continue.
            Hit <Enter> to view the output from this system check.

./sysinfo.csh: Command not found.

...finished.


Thanks,
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Robin
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