Logic Studio 9 upgrade installation fails

I installed the upgrade fine on my Mac Pro. Tried to install on MacBook Pro Unibody, after it asked for the second disk, it asked for the Studio Install disk again, then said it couldn't find it.
Upgraded MacBook Pro to Snow Leopard, and the disk needed repairing, which I did. Tried to install Logic again, asked for the serial number, got almost through the first disk, then: The installer encountered an error that caused the Installation to fail. Rebooted, tried again. This time, no serial number was asked for, but it failed again near the end of writing the files.
Tried repairing permissions (no repairs needed), threw away Logic 7, renamed Logic Pro 8 to Logic Pro and Mainstage 8 to Mainstage, tossed the prefs, tossed the XSKey receipt. Rebooted, tried again: failed again. Somewhere there is a corrupted file, methinks, and it has the serial number embedded in it, since I am no longer asked for the Logic Pro 9 SN.
Any ideas?

Try making an image of the disk if the MacPro will read it. Some drives are less fussy than others. Then transfer the image via your network.
OR
Take the disk to an Apple Store (with your receipt) They'll order you a new one, but meantime they can make you an image too, and burn it. It happened to me recently with an iWork disk.

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