splash.lss keeps disappearing

["Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx.taylor@xxxxxxxxx>]

While trying to rebuild the Red Hat Linux 8.0 discs, the splash.lss file 
becomes zero length.  I thought that it was a bad copy the first time, 
but it seems to get overwritten.  I found the revelant part in 
/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/mk-images.i386:
pngtopnm $BOOTDISKDIR/syslinux-splash.png | ppmtolss16 \#000000=0 
\#c4c7ce=7 \#c60000=2 \#ffffff=15 \#7790c2=9 > $BOOTDISKDIR/splash.lss

I tried shortening it to:

pngtopnm syslinux-splash.png | ppmtolss16

but I still get the error:
/usr/bin/ppmtolss16: Premature EOF at (301,225) of (640,300)

I tried this on my 7.3 machine, and it worked just fine.  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Forrest
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