Description of Problem: (It is not an anaconda one, but it was the component that, in my opinion, is closer to it) Installing RH7.2 on a Proliant 380 with a Smart 5i controller failed due to problems in the module insertion (cciss.o), which is not found (in a kickstart nfs install). After many trials and attemps, I accidentally discovered that the kernel present at the installation floppies (bootnet.img 2.4.18-3BOOT) is not the same version than the one at the loopbackmounted images (stage2.img 2.4.7-10BOOT). This made no modules available in the second stage, and thus no recognition of the disks. The same problem exist using the update-disk-20020117.img The RedHat/ tree and the bootnet image are taken from our local mirror (ftp.rediris.es), wich is nightly updated against sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch. The update image was taken directly from redhat.com Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How Reproducible: The error arise in a nfs kickstart installation, but due to its nature, it should appear on any (remote?) installation using a boot image from a non-CD media. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Just try to install rh72 (with some sligthly non-standard harware=modularized one) using a network method 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Additional Information: I've been able to solve the problem in two ways. One is to put the correct cciss.o file onto the bootnet.img, within the correct place on initrd.img. The other one was to replace the modules.cgz on the stage2.img. Both had worked, although I'm not sure if in the first case I also had the correct modules at the stage2 image (too many hours crashing the wall).
Could you give me the URL to the update image you are using?
If you are refering to the update.img, that is the one related to the RedHat advisory RHBA-2002:016-06, which I reach from a webpage from Compaq (one related to RH72 drivers for Smart Array 5300 series). The update.img was a prerequisite, and I downloaded it from ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/images/i386/updates-disk-200201 ... (the other part is out of the printed compaq webpage. If you're asking for the stage2.img at server, I cann'ot give you an URL until friday.
Jeremy please investigate.
In Red Hat Linux 7.3 and later, we verify that the images for the different stages match to prevent this problem (assuming the file we look for exists). The bootnet you're using is from Red Hat Linux 7.3 and so won't work with the 7.2 installer