"Owners enabled: No" - Is this a problem?

Hi. I have encountered problems trying to install Snow Leopard. Three or four attampts all led to the following message:
"An error occurred when installing MacOSX.
Install failed. MacOSX could not be installed on your computer.
(-triangle with exclamation mark-)
The installer could not copy the necessary support files. Click restart to restart your computer & try installing again."
After looking through the menus at the top of the installer page I came across some installation log files, which mentioned that the MacOSX Install DVD was read only(!) Obviously this is suggestive of a faulty disk.
However before going down that route I'd just like to clarify one thing in particular. I am trying to install the OS after having installed a brand new hard disk in my MacBook. After formatting the disk with a GUID partition & looking around the partition info (& after reading through another support thread) I clicked on 'Disk info' & got the following readout:
Writable: Yes
Number of files: 2
Number of folders: 3
Owners enabled: No
Can turn owners off: Yes
Can be formatted: Yes
Bootable: Yes
Supports journaling: Yes
Journaled: Yes
Disk number: 0
Partition number: 2
Having seen one or two other readouts quoted in another thread I noticed that they had "Owners enabled: Yes".
Being a Mac novice I don't know what this means, but I suspect it might be causing a problem. Is that the case, & if so how should I rectify it?
Many thanks!

Being a Mac novice I don't know what this means, but I suspect it might be causing a problem. Is that the case, & if so how should I rectify it?
That is not the problem. Nor is the DVD being read only a problem. Your Snow Leopard DVD comes with telephone support from Apple. I suggest that you call them. I suspect you have a faulty DVD.

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