Description of Problem: After 2 years of continous upgrading I decided that Kernel 2.4 is the right moment for a fresh install. After wiping my root- and /usr partitions of RH 7.0 the installer died with above message. Thank god, I still have my OS/2 Warp around for this submission... I wonder what makes my install so special. Is my CD-R corrupt??? Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from CD (GUI or Text, no difference) 2. select custom install, select packages 3. select video card and monitor, test works flawlessly 4. format / and /usr, leave /home and /mnt/data untouched 5. package progress-dialog pops up 6. Following Message appears (complete lo attached) Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 520, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1126, in run rc = apply (step[1](), args) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/textw/upgrade_text.py", line 33, in __call__ todo.upgradeFindPackages () File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1224, in upgradeFindPackages self.method.mergeFullHeaders(self.hdList) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 26, in mergeFullHeaders hdlist.mergeFullHeaders(self.tree + "/RedHat/base/hdlist2") File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 123, in mergeFullHeaders rpm.mergeHeaderListFromFD(self.hdlist, fd, 1000004) rpm.error: match tag missing in new header Local variables in innermost frame: self: <comps.HeaderListFromFile instance at 8273ba0> file: /mnt/source/RedHat/base/hdlist2 fd: 7 Additional Information: Hardware AMD K6-2 400Mhz 128 MB RAM OS/2 Boot-Manager in MBR, DOS and OS/2 Partition SCSI cdrom and HD (IBM, 9.2 GB) (Adaptec AIC78U2 Controller) ATI AGP 4MB Soundcard: Philips OPL3SA TV: BT 878 (TerraTec)
Created attachment 17506 [details] Anaconda complete dump
Found bug # 39069 after broader search which looks similar, but I don't understand why it should be a duplicate of #37996 which does not look like the problem I have. I am doing a CD-ROM install, not HD, so the solution of #37996 seems not meaningful to me. I don't understand how it should have helped the user of #39069. PS: I can't access my regular mail-account due to the lack of my beloved Linux, so please direct any mail to stefan.bauch. I don't want to register under this username with bugzilla and I can't CC there otherwise...
I contacted the person I received the CD-R from and he confirmed that there was a problem in the mastering. Please defer this issue until I receive a new set of CD and re-install with them.
Has been proven a media/mastering problem.
Media problem.