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Description of problem: I am trying to install RedHat9 on a system without a VGA card and had to create a custom kernel to be able to install on it (http://www.soekris.com) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 9 How reproducible: Build a kernel with serial console (no virtual terminal support) only and try to install RH9 on it. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Attempt to install RH9 booting from a kernel without virtual terminals 2. 3. Actual results: Anaconda barfs on exception because tty5 doesn't exist Expected results: Everything is happy, installs cleanly, as a result I am happy Additional info:
Backtrace: +---------------+ Checking for Bad Blocks +---------------+ | | | Checking for bad blocks on /dev/hda5... | | | | 0% | | | +---------------------------------------------------------+ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 739, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData) File "/usr/src/build/229094-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 459, in run File "/usr/src/build/229094-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 157, in gotoNext File "/usr/src/build/229094-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 225, in moveStep File "/tmp/updates/packages.py", line 463, in turnOnFilesystems thefsset.checkBadblocks(instPath) File "/usr/src/build/229094-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 1102, in checkBadblocks File "/usr/src/build/229094-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 1079, in badblocksEntry File "/usr/src/build/229094-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 186, in badblocksDevice OSError: [Errno 19] No such device: '/dev/tty5' > /usr/src/build/229094-i386/install/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py(186) badblocksDevice() ******end of dump****** BTW, it would be nice if you'd put NatSemi Geode support into your kernel :): http://www.sk-tech.net/support/net4801/net4801.kernel.patch And it would also be nice if there were a pxeboot vmlinuz and initrd for serial only (ie embedded) systems :). Thanks, Eric
anaconda only supports working if you have virtual terminal support in your kernel (even if it's not being used)