Hello friends,

I'm trying to install GhostBSD.
The computer boots from the disk and I select the install option.
It proceeds to read from the DVD and display the slideshow.
When the progress bar reaches ~75%, it prompts a failure.
Why is this happening?

That's always disappointing isn't it...........check the size of the target drive, GhostBSD is pretty big and it sounds like it doesn't finish loading?

I have been able to install recent release to a 8GB usb stick.

I'm installing it to a 1TB drive.
It seems like it reaches a certain point and then just stops.

That sounds big enough.......Is GhostBSD the only item on the disk?

If it is, my next step would be to download a fresh iso, check the integrity of the new iso and if clean, install it again.

Otherwise, there is no reason for the result you get.

I intend for it to be.
It might have some files left over from a previous operating system, but I'm not trying to keep those.
All right, maybe it was the DVD I put it on...

.....thinking about it, there is a point where there is a long delay which suggests a failure but after a time it carries on.....perhaps you need to allow it more time.

I'm sorry I didn't get back to this.
I figured out what the problem after attempting to install another OS
The hard drive was bad despite being "new."

One way to produce failure is to try installing on multiple disks in striped mode (Raid-0 analogue). Result is always non-bootable. Other Raidz modes seem to work.