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From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0) Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.create boot floppy by: cat bootnet.img > /dev/fd0 2.set up dhcp/bootp linux server and export /kickstart and /mnt/cdrom 3.boot floppy and type in "linux ks" at prompt. and it does mount all filesystems but hang at "no IDE floppy devices found" prompt. Actual Results: Below is first few lines of saved error message: 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/text.py", line 551, in __call__ if todo.doInstall (): File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1698, in doInstall self.getCompsList() File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py",line 770,in getCompsList self.updateInstClassComps () File "/var/tmp/asr/lib/anaconda/todo.py",line798,in updateInstClassComps self.comps[n].select() File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py",line291,in __getitem__ return self.compsDict[key] KeyError: C Development Local variables in innermost frame: Expected Results: It should start loading packages from nfs server automatically. Additional info:
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I've experienced the same bug with kickstart over NFS in Redhat 8.0, forcing me to install by hand. There's no point in having a 'kickstart' program if it doesn't work. I add the first few lines of my anaconda dump: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 694, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 446, in run dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 150, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 215, in moveStep rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 121, in readPackages id.instClass.setGroupSelection(id.comps) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 1119, in setGroupSelection comps[n].select() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 580, in __getitem__ return self.compsDict[key] KeyError: Minimal Thanks for your prompt attention.