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<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe someone has
some constructive thoughts on this one.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm working out the
kinks in a network install, and I had it working, then I added a few rpms, then
all went to hell. Since it was several weeks between "had it working" and
"hell" stages, I couldn't remember the nuances of what probably broke my
install.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>So -- long story
short:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* pxe booting
followed by unattended kickstart install</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* comps.xml stripped
down to base packages</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* test rpm db
created for making sure dependencies resolved</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* getfullcomps.py
also run to make sure everything copasetic</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* After enabling
portFast on the switch (why this is necessary I'm still not 100% sure since the
initial PXE dhcp request works), install began working</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Added j2sdk 1.4.2,
jdk 1.5.0_02, and my own Sun Java System Webserver RPM (they don't distribute an
rpm for this, thanks, Sun)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* test rpm db
created for making sure dependencies resolved</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* getfullcomps.py
also run to make sure everything copasetic</FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Reran
genhdlist/pkgorder/genhdlist with proper syntax</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005> <FONT face=Arial size=2>*
pkgorder spits out: "warning: LOOP:" followed by some garbage a few times -- but
this is OK supposedly</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005> <FONT face=Arial size=2>*
when genhdlist the second time this happens:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>[root@myserver
rh_es_4]# genhdlist --withnumbers --fileorder /dist/rh_es_4/custom/pkgfile
--hdlist /dist/rh_es_4/custom/i386/RedHat/base/hdlist
/dist/rh_es_4/custom/i386<BR>WARNING: ordering not found for
j2sdk-1_4_2-linux-i586.rpm<BR>WARNING: ordering not found for
jdk-1_5_0_02-linux-i586.rpm</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Reboot on
install-target and PXE boot off of install server.
Anaconda:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* loads
drivers</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* gets an ip over
dhcp</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* gets kickstart
script off of NFS server</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Formats drive per
ks script</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Gets to "Preparing
RPM Transaction" and BOOM! "Installer exiting
abnormally"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005> <FONT face=Arial size=2>*
Only thing of note on virtual consoles is the presence of:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>"WARNING: not all packages in hdlist had order tag"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>The rpms install
just fine if installed on a running ES 4 machine, just not via anaconda thus
far.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any
ideas?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am about to try
without my custom rpm and the newer jdk rpm, because I had a customized
installer I did with AS 2.1 and the older jdk installed just
fine.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any
help.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Steve</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=386500514-18052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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