Error while installing rawhide on a Pseries

[Jim Cornette]

Joy Latten wrote:

>On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 01:43 +0200, Thomas Springer wrote:
>  
>
>>=== Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:38:26 -0500
>>=== Joy Latten <latten at austin.ibm.com>
>>
>>    
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>>>I  copied the boot.iso from latest development/ppc/image/pseries 
>>>and used it to start an installation via http or ftp on a 
>>>pseries (squadron). I received the error below. I am not sure
>>>I understand why anaconda is complaining. The directory I entered for
>>>installing was /pub/fedora/linux/core/development/ppc/. 
>>>
>>>
>>>Running anaconda, the Fedora Core system installer - please wait...
>>>Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
>>>Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
>>>'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
>>>Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 28, in ?
>>>    import sys, os
>>>ImportError: No module named os
>>>install exited abnormally
>>>sending termination signals...done
>>>sending kill signals...done
>>>disabling swap...
>>>unmounting filesystems...
>>>        /mnt/runtime done
>>>        disabling /dev/loop0
>>>        /proc done
>>>        /dev/pts done
>>>        /sys done
>>>        /tmp/ramfs done
>>>        /selinux done
>>>you may safely reboot your system
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Joy Latten
>>>      
>>>
>>Look here
>>
>>/core/development/ppc/images/pseries/
>>
>>Hopefully this helps.I can't do much else for you, dunno
>>what anaconda is complaining about.
>>
>>
>>Thomas
>>
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>Sorry, in my prior email I did not list the full pathname of where I
>copied my boot.iso. I copied it
>from /core/development/ppc/images/pseries, which is what I think you are
>suggesting. 
>At first I wondered if it was complaining about wanting an "os"
>directory because I noticed that fedora core 4's path is /core/4/ppc/os,
>but I am just guessing.
>
>Regards,
>Joy
>
>  
>
Development is installed from the arc directory like 
/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/ - Of course you will have to 
choose a mirror that carries ppc.

Jim