Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 620, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData) File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 364, in run File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 2 43, in currentStep File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 1 43, in gotoNext File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 2 08, in moveStep File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 1 06, in readPackages File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/urlinstall.py", line 39, in readComps File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 795, in __init__ File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 558, in readCompsFile File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 152, in __getitem__ KeyError: abiword Complete log file will be attached in next message
Created attachment 62104 [details] anaconda dump
Your kickstart config is referencing packages which don't exist in the hdlist for your install tree.
I think you need to look a little harder at this issue. Forgive me, but I'm not a clueless newbie and I would not post a bug here unless I did my homework and researched the problem. My kickstart is very trivial and it does not make any reference to abiword, the relevant %package section follows (I'll attach the complete ks.cfg as well): # # Package Designation # %packages @ Base That's it for package references. Just the Base packages I double checked the comps file, and abiword is in the GNOME group, so I'm not sure why anaconda is even trying to look for abiword. I did a diff between my local comps file and the official redhat one: $ diff -u comps comps.redhat <nothing> $ md5sum comps 31fbfbf00dfb61dcd0bd4a45771b01f9 comps $ md5sum comps.redhat 31fbfbf00dfb61dcd0bd4a45771b01f9 comps.redhat If you look at the error logs, it's bombing out in comps.py, which I assume is the code that will read the comps file. I gut tells me there is some sort of parsing error against the latest comps file. This all started after the font packages where removed from the distribution because of the intellectual property problems (see redhat mirror list). I've genhdlist over my local repository to make sure the hdlist and hdlist2 are up to date as well. If you still think this is user error on my part, please let me know what to change in my ks.cfg to fix the problem. Thanks.
Created attachment 62404 [details] Redhat 7.2 kickstart configuration file
I am getting a similar error-out. I even went so far as to limit what was being installed to a 326mb base system (Plus Anaconda so I can upgrade/add the rest after a sucessful install). I am installing via NFS. I have used valhalla-i386-disk* downloaded from ftp.redhat.com, as well as a set from 3 diff mirrors. all with the same results. I have created 5 diff bootnet discs, all from bootnet.img from diff mirror sites. After Using RedHat daily since 96 I am atleast happy to say this is the only failed install Ive ever done. However, since the first BOMB was during an upgrade from 7.1 on a system thats had redhat 5, 6, & 7 (with a few minor hardware upgrades along the way) I now have NO working Linux box. --forced to use my wife's MAC to post-- J. Darrin McDougald
We verify that the packages in the comps file are all listed in the header list. [katzj@rivendell katzj]$ md5sum comps 247e1c9607984d1928d5d02d20a257e7 comps This is the comps file currently on the ftp site.
Ok I finally Found a way around this problem. During install I chose to make my partitions e2fs not e3fs .... I went so far as to install little more than a kernel and a shell under e3 and EVERYTIME I tried to install it errored out. With the SAME ISO file, I installed to an e2fs partition (even choosing the install everything) and voila! it worked. I reproduced the bug atleast 10 times over the past 50+ hours Ive sleep deprived myself. first install with e2fs Im up and running (albeit with a bloated system) ~Back under the brim and it feels good~ J. Darrin McDougald