Can you verify your media following the instructions available from
http://rhlinux.redhat.com/mediacheck.html

Media is fine.  I had it verified already.  I got the error after I 
attempted another install. 

I have Fedora working fine now using the same disks as well.  It 
seems like 1 out of every many times, the anaconda installer will 
not work.  On the 1st time I installed, it failed while trying to 
run the anaconda installer but I cant recall the error message.  The 
2nd install it worked fine.  I tried to duplicate the original 
error, but instead wound up with the error I mentioned above.  It 
must have been on the 6th attempted install bootup that it failed.  

That sounds a lot like questionable media.  Unfortunately, mediacheck
isn't 100% for finding problematic media.  CD media is getting to be
about like floppies in quality :(

I will reburn on a CDRW that I have thats a different media.  I have a
Dell Dimension 8300 with a DVD + CDRW drive.  I had the media
verified, and checked and its fine.  Im quite sure its not the media
thats the problem.  But I will try it again on another media to double
check.  

Reburned to a CDRW of different media.  Installed and it again 
install exited abnormally during when it tries to run anaconda.  If 
it was due to bad media, I wouldnt have the problem in the exact 
same spot on 2 different cd's.  And the install wouldnt also work 
fine when attempted to run again if the ISO image file I burnt was 
bad.   Both CD's verify fine.  

See bug 109438

Burn was conducted with Nero 5.5 using disc at once mode on Windows 
XP with a Memorex 48x12x48 CDRW Drive (OEM is liteon) with Memorex 
firmware.  Machine is a Dell Dimension 8300.  I burn lots of discs 
and they all burn fine.  

Does booting with 'linux allowcddma' help at all?

How do I boot with linux allowccddma?  

The problem with the errors at the start of when running anaconda 
dont happen all the time as I said before.  It only happens one out 
of every so many times.  Just rerunning seems to do the trick.  
Booting from the CD works fine and the linux kernel itself works 
fine.  Its just as the anaconda installer tries to run, sometimes it 
will stop during that period with an error such as the one I 
posted.  

Do I enter that when I put in the CD Im thinking?  If thats it I 
will try that now and then keep rebooting (i have a working linux 
system now) to see if the error comes up again.  

I tried the linux cddma option when I put in the cd.  It goes till 
it tries to run anaconda and then I get install exited abnormally 
and the shutdown procedure.  

The boot drive is a Samsung 16X DVD drive if that makes any 
difference.  Boot drive is different than my CDRW drive which is the 
secondary drive.  

Did you use cddma or allowcddma?  Instead of just hitting enter at the
syslinux prompt, you would type 'linux allowcddma' (no quotes) at
which point, DMA won't be forcibly disabled for your drive and should
fix things.

Ill try it again later tonight with linux allowcddma and will see how 
it goes.  

Ok I booted up multiple times and each time it loaded anaconda 
successfully with the linux allowcddma 

Now my question is:  Can this be autodetected in the OS, or can it be 
determined when the allowcddma function is necessary (for certain 
drives or whatnot) so that the user can be told to add this before 
booting, or is this an actual bug that needs to be resolved?  

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 109462 ***

Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.