Seems that ftp.suse.com was the problem.  I switched to ftp.gwdg.de and not
only did it fix the problem, but increased my bandwidth significantly.

Jon Schewe <jpschewe at mtu.net> writes:

> I've installed versions of SuSE from 6.2 up through 7.2 via ftp with no
> problems.  Now when trying to install 7.3 I get the following error just after
> YaST mounts my partitions.  Anyone else seen this or have any ideas?
> ERROR: Unknown Error!, DETAIL: 0  FILE: PkgRetriever.cc  LINE: 622
> 
> BTW, anyone know of a good mirror that's fast?  I don't want to load
> ftp.suse.com and the mirror list they have is really short for the US.
> -- 
> Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe | jpschewe at mtu.net
> For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels 
> nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any 
> powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all 
> creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that 
> is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39
> 
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Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe | jpschewe at mtu.net
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels 
nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any 
powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all 
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that 
is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39