RedHat7.2 IA-64 install experience; abiword is missing prevents install

"Murakami Hiroshi" <[email protected]> Sun, 29 Sep 2002 16:31:58 +0900 (JST)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.ia64.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>

I ftp-downloaded all the RedHat 7.2 IA-64 files from a server
and put it on the ftp server in my LAN.
I made the bootable floppy on the LS-120 FD media by dd copy
of the boot.img file.
At first the boot floppy always failed at the NIC recognition
saying signal 11, but I did ftped that specific file boot.img from
another ftp-site and again wrote it on the FD solved that problem.

The second problem is, the ftp install (ftp from LAN) to make
default workstation configuration always stops to go beyond at 
a rpm package "abiword-xxxxx.rpm". I tried three times and 
always the installer stops there. I wondered why it stops
and found that the package was not on the LAN ftp server.
I noticed the rpm file is not in the original redhat FTP 
server's directory also.

In stead of making install on the IA-64 system with the default 
workstation configuration, I made the abiword not selected at the 
install preparation phase and this time the install went through 
to the end and I have got the RedHat7.2 boot in success.
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It seems the package "abiword" is removed from the distribution set
but in the default installation configuration file list it is still 
to be included.  I think, if some file were missing, the RedHat installer
instead of waiting it happily forever doing nothing, the installer
would beep and cry to tell that rpm file was not and logging
were made and it possibly should ask the person if it should still 
go or not go. The missing file could be skipped with the console 
message left if it were not fatal.

H.M.