Hi All, I am having problems with the Kickstart installaion process with RH Workstation 5.3. The dvd or its NFS mounted iso image has both the Client and Workstation packages and I want to install some packages from the Workstation repository. This is in principle Ok when an installation key is provided, but when the installation key is skipped the workstation package repository is ignored and missing packages (abort or continue) questions arise, which means that manual intervention is required. I could specify the ignore missing packages, but then the installed system does not have the configuration that is required. What I need is a solution to install a new/replacement workstation without inititially having a key (which gets provided later). When an installation key is provided, i.e nfs --server=10.200.7.14 --dir=/os/RHWS53 key 5d44a61f5d08xxxx in /var/log/anaconda.log I see that it picks up both the Workstation and the client repositiories 12:11:29 INFO : moving (1) to step regkey 12:11:29 INFO : Adding Workstation repo 12:11:29 INFO : Adding Base repo 12:11:29 INFO : repopaths is {'workstation': 'Workstation', 'base': 'Client'} 12:11:30 INFO : moving (1) to step reposetup 12:11:30 INFO : package paths is {'workstation': ['file:///mnt/source/./Workstation'], 'base': ['file:///mnt/source/./Client']} However, when the installation key is skipped (which is a valid option), i.e. nfs --server=10.200.7.14 --dir=/os/RHWS53 key --skip in /var/log/anaconda.log I see that it picks only the client repository 14:37:54 INFO : skipping install key 14:37:55 INFO : package paths is {'base': ['file:///mnt/source/./Client']} 14:37:57 DEBUG : Checking for virtual provide or file-provide for imake 14:37:57 DEBUG : no package matching imake 14:40:31 DEBUG : Checking for virtual provide or file-provide for arpwatch 14:40:31 DEBUG : no package matching arpwatch To overcome this I tried to add the Workstation repository to kickstart nfs --server=10.200.7.14 --dir=/os/RHWS53 key --skip repo --name=Workstation --baseurl=nfs://10.200.7.14:/os/RHWS53/Workstation or repo --name=Workstation --baseurl=nfs://10.200.7.14:/os/RHWS53/Workstation/repodata or repo --name=Workstation --baseurl=file://mnt/source/./Workstation in the anaconda log I see that it didn't except this 14:37:54 INFO : skipping install key 14:37:55 INFO : moving (1) to step reposetup 14:37:55 INFO : package paths is {'base': ['file:///mnt/source/./Client']} 14:37:55 INFO : added repository Workstation with source URL file://mnt/source/./Workstation 14:37:55 WARNING : /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py:250: DeprecationWarning: integer argument expected, got float self.w = _snack.scale(width, total) 14:37:55 WARNING : /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py:247: DeprecationWarning: integer argument expected, got float self.w.scaleSet(amount) 14:37:55 DEBUG : repo time: 0.001 14:37:55 DEBUG : Setting up Package Sacks 14:37:56 DEBUG : pkgsack time: 0.836 14:37:56 DEBUG : Reading Local RPMDB 14:37:56 DEBUG : rpmdb time: 0.000 14:37:56 DEBUG : repo time: 0.001 14:37:56 DEBUG : Setting up Package Sacks 14:37:56 ERROR : reading package metadata: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: Workstation. Please verify its path and try again 14:37:56 ERROR : disabling non-base repo Workstation: Cannot retrieve reposito ry metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: Workstation. Please verify its path and try again 14:37:56 DEBUG : Getting group metadata 14:37:57 DEBUG : Checking for virtual provide or file-provide for imake 14:37:57 DEBUG : no package matching imake 14:40:31 DEBUG : Checking for virtual provide or file-provide for arpwatch 14:40:31 DEBUG : no package matching arpwatch The later appears to be a known problem and as yet I have not found a solution to this either. Thanks, Chris