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Bug 82812

Summary: minimal kickstart install crashes
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: carolyn <xpatiate>
Component: redhat-config-kickstartAssignee: Brent Fox <bfox>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description carolyn 2003-01-27 05:45:48 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Trying to install RedHat 8.0 on a Celeron PC (333Mhz, 192 Mb RAM), using a
kickstart file generated by the Kickstart Configurator on a working RH8.0
system, results in anaconda crashing with an unhandled exception.

When generating the kickstart file I selected only the Minimal group of
packages, figuring that should give me a basic working system that I could add
to later. Installing from floppy with the generated ks.cfg file failed right
after the "reading package information" message with a python error, attached.
The CDROM containing the packages passed the mediacheck test.

If I regenerate the ks.cfg file and select another package group as well as the
@Minimal specification, the install crashes with exactly the same error as
@Minimal alone. But if I uncheck @Minimal, the install works fine.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Generate a kickstart file with redhat-config-kickstart
2. Select the Minimal package group under Package Selection/Miscellaneous
3. Install RedHat using the kickstart file
Comment 1 carolyn 2003-01-27 05:47:11 UTC 
Created attachment 89614 [details]
Error dump from anaconda
Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2003-01-27 17:19:34 UTC 
This appears to be a bug with the redhat-config-kickstart program.

@Minimal is not a legal name for a component. You want to use @Base.
Comment 3 Brent Fox 2003-02-05 22:01:35 UTC 
Should be fixed in redhat-config-packages as of version 2.3.3-5 and later.  I
removed the options for "Minimal" and "Everything" on Nov. 25, 2002.

If you want minimum, just don't select any groups.  If you want Everything,
select all the groups.
Comment 4 Brent Fox 2003-02-10 21:53:14 UTC 
Correction: I mean redhat-config-kickstart-2.3.3-5, not redhat-config-packages.