Re: Problem installing

6.2's version of anaconda was quite buggy, so i'm not suprised that you've 
run into these problems.  if the updates disk doesn't work, then the other 
way might be to just pop the drive and install it on another machine to 
install.  When you image the updates disk, just type linux updates at the 
boot prompt.


On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Dan Haines wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> 
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