There's no visual feedback when fetching the kickstart file fails, ie. Anaconda falls back to manual installation, which can confuse operators not familiar with Anaconda. It would be better if we got an error, possibly with the possibility to verify and correct the URL used, or at least a display and "Refetch" button.
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Committed a fix to rawhide for testing. I'll build a new anaconda today in this tree and verify that this fix works and doesn't break anything else before committing to RHEL.
Looks good in my rawhide testing. I've committed this to the RHEL5 branch so it will be in the next build of anaconda. Please test and let me know how it works for you.
Confirmed new behavior against RHEL5-Server-20070105.0