NFS install failed partially into package install. Tried twice, with both failing at the same point. Of note, I'm using iso images downloaded in the end of December. I followed the new readme install instructions for NFS installs that require both CD RedHat dir contents to be copied to the NFS partition being exported. Also note that these same CDs have been used successfully for several CD-based installs .... they only failed on the one box we have no CDROM drive and had to use the NFS mount. Also note that v6.2 installs successfully using the same NFS mount process ... so hardware compatibility is not an issue. Below is the text from RedHat install's bug output at time of failure: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 438, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 336, in run self.icw.run () File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 678, in run mainloop () File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 2554, in mainloop _gtk.gtk_main() File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 125, in __call__ ret = apply(self.func, a) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 428, in nextClicked self.setScreen (self.currentScreen, self.nextClicked) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 466, in setScreen new_screen = screen.getScreen () File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/package_gui.py", line 426, in getScreen self.todo.getHeaderList () File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 532, in getHeaderList self.hdList = self.method.readHeaders() File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 22, in readHeaders return HeaderListFromFile(self.tree + "/RedHat/base/hdlist") File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 136, in __init__ hdlist = rpm.readHeaderListFromFile(path) rpm.error: (2, 'No such file or directory') Local variables in innermost frame: compatPackages: None self: <comps.HeaderListFromFile instance at 848aa18> path: /mnt/source/./RedHat/base/hdlist ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iimage NfsInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'tree' p6 S'/mnt/source/.' sbsS'initlevel' p7 I3 sS'progressWindow' p8 NsS'expert' p9 I0 sS'ddruidReadOnly' p10 I0 sS'bootdisk' p11 I0 sS'language' p12 (itodo Language (dp13 S'abbrevMap' p14 (dp15 S'es_ES' p16 S'Spanish' p17 sS'tr_TR' p18 S'Turkish' p19 sS'sr_YU' p20 S'Serbian' p21 sS'de_DE' p22 S'German' p23 sS'sk_SK' p24 S'Slovak' p25 sS'ru_RU.KOI8-R' p26 S'Russian' p27 sS'is_IS' p28 S'Icelandic' p29 sS'no_NO' p30 S'Norwegian' p31 sS'sv_SE' p32 S'Swedish' p33 sS'en_US' p34 S'English' p35 sS'it_IT' p36 S'Italian' p37 sS'da_DK' p38 S'Danish' p39 sS'cs_CZ' p40 S'Czech' p41 sS'uk_UA.KOI8-U' p42 S'Ukrainian' p43 sS'hu_HU' p44 S'Hungarian' p45 sS'fr_FR' p46 S'French' p47 sS'sl_SI' p48 S'Slovenian' p49 sS'ro_RO' p50 S'Romanian' p51 ssS'font' p52 (dp53 g37 S'lat0-sun16' sg21 S'cyr-sun16' sg27 S'cyr-sun16' sg35 S'None' sg25 S'lat2-sun16' sg31 S'lat0-sun16' sg33 S'lat0-sun16' sg47 S'None' sg49 S'lat2-sun16' sg51 S'lat2-sun16' sg23 S'None' sg19 S'lat5-sun16' sg45 S'lat2-sun16' sg17 S'None' sg43 S'cyr-sun16' sg41 S'lat2-sun16' sg39 S'lat0-sun16' sg29 S'lat0-sun16' ssS'langs' p54 (dp55 g37 g36 sg21 g20 sg27 g26 sg35 g34 sg25 g24 sg31 g30 sg33 g32 sg47 g46 sg49 g48 sg51 g50 sg23 g22 sg19 g18 sg45 g44 sg17 g16 sg43 g42 sg41 g40 sg39 g38 sg29 g28 ssS'info' p56 (dp57 S'LANG' p58 g34 ssS'map' p59 (dp60 g37 S'iso15' sg21 S'iso05' sg27 S'koi8-r' sg35 S'None' sg25 S'iso02' sg31 S'iso15' sg33 S'iso15' sg47 S'None' sg49 S'iso02' sg51 S'iso02' sg23 S'None' sg19 S'iso09' sg45 S'iso02' sg17 S'None' sg43 S'koi8-u' sg41 S'iso02' sg39 S'iso15' sg29 S'iso15' ssS'lang' p61 g34 sbsS'fstab' p62 NsS'lilo' p63 (ililo LiloConfiguration (dp64 S'liloDevice' p65 S'partition' p66 sS'initrdsMade' p67 (dsS'edd' p68 I0 sS'default' p69 S'linux' p70 sS'liloImages' p71 (dp72 S'hda1' (S'dos' I1 tsS'hda2' (g70 I2 tssS'liloLinear' p73 I1 sS'liloAppend' p74 S'' sbsS'comps' p75 NsS'network' p76 (itodo Network (dp77 S'netdevices' p78 (dp79 S'eth0' p80 (itodo NetworkDevice (dp81 g56 (dp82 S'ONBOOT' p83 S'no' sS'IPADDR' p84 S'10.10.10.18' sS'DEVICE' p85 g80 sS'NETWORK' S'10.10.10.0' sS'BOOTPROTO' p86 S'static' sS'NETMASK' p87 S'255.255.255.0' sS'BROADCAST' S'10.10.10.255' ssbssS'gateway' p88 S'10.10.10.1' sS'secondaryNS' p89 S'' sS'hostname' p90 S'mktg17' sS'primaryNS' p91 S'' sS'domains' p92 (lsS'isConfigured' p93 I1 sS'readData' p94 I1 sS'ternaryNS' p95 S'' sbsS'upgrade' p96 I0 sS'instClass' p97 (icustom InstallClass (dp98 S'rootPasswordCrypted' p99 I0 sS'nameserver' p100 S'' sS'x' NsS'rootPassword' p101 NsS'makeBootdisk' p102 I0 sS'installType' p103 NsS'postScript' p104 NsS'earlySwapOn' p105 I0 sS'networkDevice' p106 NsS'clearText' p107 Nsg63 (S'mbr' p108 I1 S'' tsg12 NsS'name' p109 S'' sS'postInChroot' p110 I0 sS'pixmap' p111 S'' sS'partitions' p112 (lsS'clearType' p113 Nsg88 S'' sS'mouse' p114 NsS'packages' p115 NsS'timezone' p116 NsS'zeroMbr' p117 I0 sS'keyboard' p118 NsS'groups' p119 NsS'bootProto' p120 NsS'netmask' p121 S'' sS'raidList' p122 (lsS'skipSteps' p123 (dsS'auth' p124 (I1 I1 I0 S'' I0 S'' I0 I0 S'' S'' I0 S'' S'' S'' I0 S'' S'' tsg90 Nsg62 (lsS'showgroups' p125 NsS'ip' p126 S'' sS'defaultRunlevel' p127 NsS'desktop' p128 S'' sS'clearPartText' p129 NsS'clearParts' p130 I0 sbsS'rootpassword' p131 NsS'extraModules' p132 (lp133 sg114 (imouse Mouse p134 (dp135 S'device' p136 S'psaux' p137 sg56 (dp138 S'XMOUSETYPE' p139 S'PS/2' p140 sS'FULLNAME' p141 S'Generic - 3 Button Mouse (PS/2)' sS'MOUSETYPE' p142 S'ps/2' p143 ssS'emu' p144 I0 sS'wasProbed' p145 I1 sS'emulate' p146 I1 sbsS'ddruidAlreadySaved' p147 I0 sS'serial' p148 I0 sg116 (S'America/New_York' I0 I0 tsg117 I0 sg118 (ikbd Keyboard (dp149 S'layout' p150 NsS'model' p151 NsS'type' p152 S'PC' p153 sg56 (dp154 S'KEYBOARDTYPE' p155 S'pc' p156 sS'KEYTABLE' p157 S'us' p158 ssbsS'fdDevice' p159 S'fd0' p160 sS'installSystem' p161 I1 sS'setupFilesystems' p162 I1 sg124 (itodo Authentication (dp163 S'useNIS' p164 I0 sS'nisServer' p165 S'' sS'useLdap' p166 I0 sS'krb5Kdc' p167 S'' sS'useHesiod' p168 I0 sS'ldapServer' p169 S'' sS'nisDomain' p170 S'' sS'krb5Realm' p171 S'' sS'useLdapauth' p172 I0 sS'hesiodRhs' p173 S'' sS'useShadow' p174 I1 sS'nisuseBroadcast' p175 I0 sS'useKrb5' p176 I0 sS'useMD5' p177 I1 sS'ldapBasedn' p178 S'' sS'krb5Admin' p179 S'' sS'hesiodLhs' p180 S'' sS'hesiodDlhs' p181 S'' sbsg90 NsS'reconfigOnly' p182 I0 sS'x' (ixf86config XF86Config p183 (dp184 S'monlist' p185 (dsS'keyModel' p186 S'pc101' p187 sS'monids' p188 (dsg136 NsS'monEisa' p189 NsS'server' p190 S'XFree86' p191 sS'monHoriz' p192 S'31.5' p193 sS'devID' p194 S'NeoMagic (laptop/notebook)' p195 sS'descr' p196 S'Neomagic Corporation|NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD]' p197 sS'modes' p198 (dp199 S'8' (lp200 S'640x480' p201 assS'keyOptions' p202 S'' sS'keyVariant' p203 S'' sS'monID' p204 S'Unprobed Monitor' p205 sS'keyLayout' p206 S'us' p207 sS'manualModes' p208 (dsg114 g134 sS'keyRules' p209 S'xfree86' p210 sS'monVert' p211 S'60' p212 sS'cardMan' p213 S'MagicGraph 128XD 40K SVGA BIOS' p214 sS'monSect' p215 S'' sS'primary' p216 I0 sS'vidRam' p217 S'1984' sS'probed' p218 I1 sS'monName' p219 NsS'vidCards' p220 (lp221 (dp222 S'SERVER' S'SVGA' sS'DRIVER' S'neomagic' sS'LINE' S'# Chipset "NM2160"\012# IOBase 0xfea00000\012# MemBase 0xfd000000\012# VideoRam 2048\012# DacSpeed 90\012# Option "linear"\012# Option "nolinear"\012# Option "sw_cursor"\012# Option "hw_cursor"\012# Option "no_accel"\012# Option "intern_disp"\012# Option "extern_disp"\012# Option "mmio"\012# Option "no_mmio"\012# Option "lcd_center"\012# Option "no_stretch"' sS'NOCLOCKPROBE' S'' sS'NAME' g195 sS'VENDOR' p223 g214 sS'CHIPSET' S'MagicGraph 128 series' sS'' S'' sasS'skip' p224 I0 sS'files' p225 S'\012# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the\012# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally\012# no need to change the default.\012\012 RgbPath\011"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"\012\012# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)\012# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of\012# the X server to render fonts.\012\012 FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"\012 FontPath "unix/:7100"\012' p226 sbsS'users' p227 NsS'instPath' p228 S'/mnt/sysimage' p229 sS'intf' p230 NsS'hdList' p231 Nsb.
Created attachment 7087 [details] Dumpfile from aborted install
This file: /mnt/source/./RedHat/base/hdlist must be viiable to the installer when it mounts the NFS mount point you specified. You can see if this is the case by going to VC2 (cntl-alt-f2) when you get this traceback, and doing an ls of /mnt/source and seeing if you can find the hdlist.
Closing due to inactivity.