I'm the ftpmanager of Computer Science Department of University of Tarragona. We are mirroring 5.2 version of Redhat Linux and experiencing problems when we try to install it with FTP method, i don't know if other methods are also affected. I get the following error: "Comps file is not version 0 as expected." Before getting this error we observe that only three files are downloaded. These files are: Here is a dump of the FTP server log files: --- Tue Dec 15 09:21:44 1998 6 atc5.etse.urv.es 4050635 /incoming/secure/i386/RedHat/base/hdlist b _ o a rhinstall@ ftp 0 * Tue Dec 15 09:21:44 1998 1 atc5.etse.urv.es 15342 /incoming/secure/i386/RedHat/base/comps b _ o a rhinstall@ ftp 0 * Tue Dec 15 09:21:44 1998 1 atc5.etse.urv.es 22958 /incoming/secure/i386/RedHat/base/install3.tr b _ o a rhinstall@ ftp 0 * --- We have checked our mirror consistency comparing it with your source. They are equal. We have also tried to install directly from your own FTP (ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/redhat-5.2/i386) and we get the same error. With previous version 5.1 we didn't experience any problem. I think that the problem seems to be in ".../base/comps" file. Is the problem mine?, or yours? Any comment will be welcomed.
Sounds like the boot disk that you are using to kick-off the installation is for a version other than 5.2. Try recreating the boot disk using the images in the 5.2 tree.