From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 Description of problem: I downloaded phoebe-3 iso's and loopback mounted each and moved to local dir for NFS install: -- mkdir /a /b /c /d /e /f /g PATHTO=/dist/phoebe/iso #PATHTO=/ms/mirror/redhat-beta/phoebe/en/iso/i386 PREFIX=phoebe-i386-disc PREFIX2=phoebe-SRPMS-disc SUFFIX=.iso PATHTODOC=/dist/phoebe/iso DOCS=phoebe-docs.iso echo ${PREFIX}1${SUFFIX} cd $PATHTO;mount -t iso9660 ${PREFIX}1${SUFFIX} -o loop /a cd $PATHTO;mount -t iso9660 ${PREFIX}2${SUFFIX} -o loop /b cd $PATHTO;mount -t iso9660 ${PREFIX}3${SUFFIX} -o loop /c cd $PATHTO;mount -t iso9660 ${PREFIX2}1${SUFFIX} -o loop /d cd $PATHTO;mount -t iso9660 ${PREFIX2}2${SUFFIX} -o loop /e cd $PATHTO;mount -t iso9660 ${PREFIX2}3${SUFFIX} -o loop /f cd $PATHTO;mount -t iso9660 ${PATHTODOC}$DOCS -o loop /g cd /a;pax -rw . /dist/phoebe/os cd /b;pax -rw . /dist/phoebe/os cd /c;pax -rw . /dist/phoebe/os cd /d;pax -rw . /dist/phoebe/os cd /e;pax -rw . /dist/phoebe/os cd /f;pax -rw . /dist/phoebe/os cd /g;pax -rw . /dist/phoebe/os --- I created boot.iso and booted the beta install. The installation proceeded to until after I entered the root password. Each time, anaconda crashes. Except -once, when I choose to upgrade RH8.0 - the install stopped with Error - You are trying to install a machine that is not supported by this release. fyi: Previous phoebe beta releases fails in in similar way, although this is the first properly load the aic79xx drivers. Still- the rev1.0.0 aic79xx is known to have problems -. I can get RedHat8.0 installed by snagging aic79xx.o from kernel-BOOT and modprobe from alt-F2 --and finishing with by modifying modules.conf and adding scsi_hostadpter and runnning mkinitrd chroot'd.. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.boot text 2.accept defaults 3.choose any package Desktop, Workstation, Server or Custom 4.choose diskdruid edit partition and for format 5.type root password 6.and choose next Actual Results: install crashes and prompted to debug, save for bugzilla Expected Results: Next phase of install should begin Additional info: motherboard:SUPER X5DP8-G2 (MBD-X5DP8-G2-O) http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/E7501/X5DP8.htm chassis:SC742S-420 http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/Chassis/SC742.htm memory: 2Gb (4x 512MB PC2100 ecc/reg) cpu: pair of intel XeonP4 2.4Ghz 533Mhz U320: duo AIC7902 U320 scsi disks: nic: builtin duo intel gigE (e1000) ** Traceback ** Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 739, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 459, in run dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 157, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 225, in moveStep rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 159, in readPackages id.instClass.setGroupSelection(id.comps, intf) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/installclasses/personal_desktop.py", line 34, in setGr oupSelection comps["Workstation Common"].includeMembers() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 585, in __getitem__ return self.compsDict[key] KeyError: Workstation Common Local variables in innermost frame: Package Group selection status: Maximum RPM: 0 Red Hat Linux Customization Guide: 0 Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide: 0 Red Hat Linux Reference Guide: 0 Red Hat Linux Security Guide: 0 Red Hat Linux System Administration Primer: 0 aRed Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide: 0 Everything: 0 Individual package selection status: maximum-rpm: 0, rhl-cg-en: 0, rhl-gsg-en: 0, rhl-ig-x86-en: 0, rhl-rg-en: 0, rhl -sap-en: 0, rhl-sg-en: 0, Dispatcher instance, containing members: method: NfsInstallMethod instance, containing members: tree: /mnt/source/. rootPath: /mnt/sysimage step: 34 intf: InstallInterface instance, containing members: instLanguage: InstallTimeLanguage instance, containing members: current: en_US.UTF-8 map: {'Swedish': iso15, 'Danish': iso15, 'Icelandic': iso15, 'Chinese(Simpli --snip -- available upon request
Umm... by doing this with the docs cd, you're overwriting things which are necessary for the OS installation (namely, the contents of the RedHat/base directory)
Thanks- the phoebe3 beta is installing now. I wasn't aware that I was goofing on base by dumping in os dir. I'd done this before without incident- of course- something changed. Nice- if the doc.iso can overlay without a clobber in the future.