Bug 127425

Summary: crash in intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData) anaconda line 1081
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Reporter: Phil <zoiddy001>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Mike McLean <mikem>
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Hardware: ia64   
OS: Linux   
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Description Phil 2004-07-08 00:34:48 UTC
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Description of problem:
When installing on IA64 using network install, the following python
trace screen comes up and exit aborts

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line      
1081, in ?                             
     intf.run(id, dispatch,             
 configFileData)                        
   File                                 
"/usr/src/build/335668-ia64/install//  
 usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 471,   
 in run
  File                                 
"/usr/src/build/335668-ia64/install//  
usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line    
157, in gotoNext                       
  File                                 
"/usr/src/build/335668-ia64/install//  
usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line    
225, in moveStep                       
  File                                 
"/usr/src/build/335668-ia64/install//  
usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line    
160, in readPackages
   File                                 
 "/usr/src/build/335668-ia64/install//  
 usr/lib/anaconda/installmethod.py",    
 line 68, in readComps                  
   File                                 
 "/usr/src/build/335668-ia64/install//  
 usr/lib/anaconda/urlinstall.py",       
 line 60, in readCompsViaMethod         
   File                                 
 "/usr/src/build/335668-ia64/install//  
 usr/lib/anaconda/hdrlist.py", line     
 920, in groupSetFromCompsFile
KeyError: base

This is a IA64 system so no video, no keyboard, no mouse. I am
installing through the remote console.  I did a network ftp and nfs
install and both brought up the same message. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. network nfs install rh3 for IA64
2. enter normal setup params, no firewall.
3. fails after entering root password

Actual Results:  install exits abnormally, saying it's safe to reboot
the system. the stack trace is included in problem description

Expected Results:  should have asked me to select the packages to
install. 

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2004-07-08 01:50:47 UTC
It looks like you have a malformed tree without the proper comps file.
 Note that when copying CDs, you should _only_ copy the binary cds and
not the extras or doc cd into the directory structure.