Problem installing

Dan Haines <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Oct 2002 21:17:59 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.zoot
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello All.

Im trying to install RHS 6.2 on a dual xeon P4, by way of CD.

The installation crashes when anaconda tries to read package names from
the
/RedHat/base/comps file:

Exception occured
<removed many lines of dump>
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 299, in readCompsFile
comp.addPackage (packages[l]) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line
46, in
__getitem__ return self.packages[item] keyError : basesystem

I have searched the net for similar problems, and found this one:

http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/gotchas/6.2/gotchas-6.2-4.html#ss4.6

It details a problem with prior installed partitions being FAT32, and it
details that you cannot install a root partition ( / ) greater than 2GB.
 The machine was tested at the suppliers with Win2k Server, and then the
partitions wiped, so this problem description looks to be true.

I have tried removing all partitions, and rebuilding the table with:

20mb boot
512mb swap
1800mb root

and the install still fails in the same manner.  I then searched the web
for the later part of the error message, and found this:

http://www.prairienet.org/library/redhat/redhat-list/2002/03/msg00439.php

Does anyone know where I can get the update diskette, or something
similar to help fix this problem?

Thanks very much in advance,
Dan Haines