Bug 27968 - kickstart crashes after "Reading package information"
Summary: kickstart crashes after "Reading package information"
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-02-16 16:08 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:31 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2001-02-16 16:08:38 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2001-02-16 16:08:35 UTC
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16-22 i686)


I am trying to use kickstart with NFS and DHCP, the machine boots from the
floppy, retrieves the kickstart file, appears to read the packages, then
crashes.  It appears that anaconda cannot find a subroutine called
loadmeter.





Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create and boot from RedHat Linux 7.0 bootnet.img
2. At the prompt: ks <enter>
3. Everything appears to work fine, the "Reading package information"
message shows up then anaconda crashes.
	

Actual Results:  Anaconda execption was caught requesting that I submit
debugging information to bugzilla.

Expected Results:  Expected RedHat Linux to be installed with specified
packages.

---------- start anaconda dump  ----------
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/text.py", line 1030, in
run
    rc = apply (step[1](), step[2])
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 507, in
__call_
_
    if todo.doInstall ():
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1413, in
doInst
all
    self.getCompsList()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 540, in
getComp
sList
    self.updateInstClassComps()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 575, in
updateI
nstClassComps
    self.selectPackage(n)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 586, in
selectP
ackage
    raise ValueError, str
ValueError: package loadmeter is not available

Local variables in innermost frame:
package: loadmeter
str: package loadmeter is not available
self: <todo.ToDo instance at 828bd10>
---------- end anaconda dump  ----------

---------- start kickstart file ----------
auth
clearpart --all
install
nfs --server 192.168.0.10 --dir /var/rh7
keyboard us
lang en_US
lilo
mouse --device psaux generic3ps/2
network --bootproto dhcp
part /boot --size=32 --asprimary=1
part swap  --size=128 --asprimary=2
part /var  --size=8192 --asprimary=3
part /     --size=8192 --grow --asprimary=4

rootpw --iscrypted XXXXXXXXXX
timezone America/Phoenix
xconfig --hsync 30.0-69.0 --vsync 48.0-120.0 --defaultdesktop=GNOME

%packages
---------- end kickstart file ----------

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-02-16 16:15:16 UTC
loadmeter is on the powertools CD. It cannot be installed via kickstart.

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2001-02-16 16:22:54 UTC
Classic "chair-to-keyboard interface error".  Sorry!


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