<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1250"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Glory be!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I’ve found my own answer…<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <a href="http://rhlinux.redhat.com/anaconda/comps.html">http://rhlinux.redhat.com/anaconda/comps.html</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> This handy python script showed where my typo was in my comps.xml file.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> genhd is working once again! The world has been saved ;-D <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <pre style='margin-left:.5in'>#!/usr/bin/python<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>import rhpl.comps<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>import sys<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>comps = rhpl.comps.Comps(sys.argv[1])<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>for group in comps.groups.values():<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> pkgs = []<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> for (type, pkg) in group.packages.values():<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> if type == u'mandatory':<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> pkgs.append(pkg)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> print group.name, pkgs<o:p></o:p></pre> <o:p> </o:p> --Dan<o:p></o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Dan Cutler</st1:PersonName> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:08 PM To: kickstart-list@redhat.com Subject: Anaconda Exception: parserError: xmlParseMemory() failed<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Fellow systems builders,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have been happily PXE booting Linux boxes with custom package lists via kickstart and a little cfengine.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I was doing what I thought was a typical cycle:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Added a few custom groups to ks.cfg, <o:p></o:p> create rpm’s <o:p></o:p> copy rpm’s to my netboot RPMS directory <o:p></o:p> edit comps.xml - add rpms to my custom groups<o:p></o:p> run genhdlist ( /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/genhdlist --withnumbers --hdlist /i386/linux4.4/RedHat/base/hdlist /i386/linux4.4)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have been doing this awhile without incident (and enjoying the benefits ;-) until my build system suddenly broke while parsing comps.xml (although there doesn’t appear to be anything wrong with my comps.xml).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> From anacdump.txt…<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Traceback (most recent call last):<o:p></o:p> File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1181, in ?<o:p></o:p> intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> …snip…<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2.py", line 1175, in parseMemory<o:p></o:p> if ret is None:raise parserError('xmlParseMemory() failed')<o:p></o:p> parserError: xmlParseMemory() failed<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I’m seeing that folks are saying the “genhdlist” is outdated. Maybe I should be generating hdlist in another way?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> What is the best way to generate hdlist*? How can I tell if my comps.xml is not matching up with my RPM repo?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> --<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Dan Cutler</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html> No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/940 - Release Date: 8/6/2007 4:53 PM No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/940 - Release Date: 8/6/2007 4:53 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/940 - Release Date: 8/6/2007 4:53 PM