Weird 10.3 Install Pseudo-hang Problem On Pavilion Dv6325 (amd)

During the install (with No Local APCI so it won't hang), and Installations Settings/Expert Mode, partitioning, boot, software, etc., are set and each time one completes one of these setups, the entire system checks itself. But in 10.3, the system seems to just sit there forever with the popup window: "Evaluating package selection." I think it gets into an endless loop, because the touchpad is still responsive and the cursor is moving; however, the popup is modal and blocks any further input.

I also saw something I haven't seen before - when the Expert Mode first comes up, there are red letters saying "The package selection has been reset to default" - I don't recall seeing this message in 10.1 or 10.2. I hadn't even made it into the package selection - just the partitioning - and then this pseudo-hang occurs. Doesn't 10.3 use a different package manager than 10.1/10.2? If so, this may be a bug.

I checked the DVD after download against the md5 on the download site, burned with k3b with "verify after write" turned on, and did openSuSE's media check before the install.

Anyone have a fix for this or is it a known problem? 10.1 and 10.2 didn't have this problem.
Thanks!
Patti

Downloaded and burned the CD. Same problem. Tried accepting the configuration as-proposed so that it would never get to the "Evaluating package selection" part of the install. It started, but never completed, the formatting of the installation partition.

It's installing now, but the only way I could get it to happen was by doing an "update" to my 10.2 installation.. Very weird. No such problems with 10.1 or 10.2 on this laptop. Tried but failed at making a bugzilla report.