RHEL 4.2 Anaconda problems

[Klaus Steden]

>    Hi,
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>    I am getting a segfault error message on the F4 screen of the RHEL 4.2
>    AMD64 installer.  Other than that I do not see any other errors.  It just
>    bombs out and waits for user input to reboot.  The following is a list of
>    modifications:
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>     1. Created DVD-based installation disk with kickstart-based install
>        script.  This works without modifications below.
>     2. Added two packages.  One custom package and KSH package taken from
>        Fedora Core 4.
>     3. Executed genhdlist.
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>    Is the procedure for adding packages different for RHEL 4.2 than RHEL
>    2.1?  I noticed this version of RHEL comes with pdksh package, which could
>    conflict with the new ksh package; however, the installation bombs out
>    without the ksh package too.
> 
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>    I think perhaps the genhdlist is not working well or there is something
>    else I have to do.  Any help greatly appreciated.
> 
Hello Chris,

I've run into something like this before ... make sure the packages you add
have filenames consistent with their internal package names. Anaconda isn't
smart enough to tell that 'foo.rpm' and 'foo-1.2rc.rpm' are the same thing.

gedhdlist spits out a ton of stuff while it operates, so make sure it doesn't
yield any critical errors. A script posted here may also be useful:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AnacondaGenHdList

hth,
Klaus