Description of problem: When running anaconda, the installer fails immediately after starting the package dependency checks and does not give any idea of what the error was ... +--------+ Dependency Check +---------+ | | | Checking dependencies in packages | | selected for installation...install exited abnormally sending termination signals...done | sending kill signals...done-------------------------------+ disabling swap... unmounting filesystems... /mnt/runtime done disabling /dev/loop0 /proc done /dev/pts done /sys done /tmp/ramfs done <Tab>//mnt/source donen elements | <Space> selects | <F12> next screen /selinux done you may safely reboot your system Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Current from here http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/ia64/ How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Download tree from link above to (in my case) /home/ia64 on local machine. 2. yum-arch -ls /home/ia64 3. install and build python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-2.src.rpm 4. minor edits to mk-images and mk-images.ia64 required (missing some of the definitions below) MBD_DIR=/tmp/makebootdisk.dir.$$ MBD_FSIMAGE=/tmp/makebootdisk.initrdimage.$$ MBD_MNTPOINT=/tmp/makebootdisk.mount.$$ MBD_TMPIMAGE=/tmp/makebootdisk.image.$$ MBD_BOOTTREE=/tmp/makebootdisk.tree.$$ INITBIN=init 5. ln -sf /home/ia64/Fedora /home/ia64/RedHat 5. /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/pkgorder /home/ia64 ia64 > /home/ia64/pkgorder-ia64.txt 6. /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/genhdlist --fileorder /home/ia64/pkgorder-ia64.txt /home/ia64 7. /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/buildinstall --pkgorder /home/ia64/pkgorder-ia64.txt --release "Prarit" --product "Prarit" --version 5.0 /home/ia64 Actual results: Dependency check fails. Expected results: Dependency check succeeds. Additional info: Running on 4-way Altix ...
You're not generating your tree properly. Please see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AnacondaBuildDocProject. Also, please try using the actual generated images instead of feeling you have to do your own. If the default ones are failing for some reason, that's what should be fixed.
>If the default ones are failing for some reason, that's what should be fixed. There are no default images -- I'll be getting together with Dave later this week ;). I'm just trying to see if Fedora works on ia64 :) P.