Hi,
I am trying to create a cut down 1 disk version of RedHat 7.2. We have
a data centre where we install linux 7.2 in the same way on all the
machines. We need to make an automated installer disk which we can
give a technician and have it only installs tha rpm packages we want
and that too only from a single disk.
I have deleted the RPMS that are not required (mostly xwindows gnome
kde). Added ks=floppy to the append line on the syslinux.cfg file. I
have removed references to the deleted RPMS from the comps file. When
I try installing from the cd, the kickstart file is accepted, the
partitions etc are created properly but when it starts reading the
package information I get the following error. This happens in both
the gui and text mode installs. I dont know what I am getting this
error, I have not touched the stage2.img file and modified the
anaconda source. The only thing I can think of is that there is an
error in my comps file. I have typed the error from the screen, so
please excuse typos :).
Traceback (innermost last):
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 620, in ?
intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)
File "/isr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 350, in run
self.icw.run (self.runres, configFileData)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 777, in run
self.setup_window(runres)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 757, in setup_window
self.setScreen ()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.pu", line 504, in serScreen
(step, args) - self.dispatch.currentStep()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 243, in currentStep
self.gotoNext()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py" , line 143, in gotoNext
self.moveStep()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 208, in moveStep
rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(arg))
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 106, in readPackages
id.comps = method.readComps(id.hdList)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 17. in readComps
return ComponentSet(self.tree + '/RedGAt/base/comps', hdlist)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 795, in __init__
self.readCompsFile(file, self.packages)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 471, in readCompsFile
file = urllib.urlopen(filename)
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/urllib.py", line 59, inurlopen
return_urlopener.open(url)
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/urllib.py", line 159, in open
return getaatr(self, name)(url)
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/urllib.py", line 330, in open_file
return self.open_local_file(url)
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/urllib.py", line 334, in open_local_file
import mimetypes, mimetools, StringIO
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/mimetools.py", line 7, in ?
import tempfile
File "/isr/lib/python1.5/tempfile.py", line 141
return Tempor`ryFileWrapper(file, name)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
My comps file is as follows:
4
1 Base {
MAKEDEV
SysVinit
alpha: aboot
anacron
i386: apmd
ash
at
authconfig
basesystem
bash
bdflush
bzip2
bzip2-libs
chkconfig
cpio
cracklib
cracklib-dicts
crontabs
cyrus-sasl
cyrus-sasl-md5
cyrus-sasl-plain
cyrus-sasl-md5
db1
db2
db3
dev
dhcpcd
diffutils
dosfstools
e2fsprogs
ed
ia64: elilo
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): eject
file
filesystem
fileutils
findutils
gawk
gdbm
glib
glibc
glibc-common
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): gpm
grep
groff
i386: grub
gzip
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): hdparm
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): hotplug
i386: lilo
indexhtml
info
initscripts
ipchains
iproute
iputils
iptables
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): console-tools
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): kbdconfig
(lang ja): kcc
kernel
(lang ja and arch i386): kon2
(lang ja and arch i386): kon2-fonts
ksymoops
krb5-libs
kudzu
less
libstdc++
libtermcap
logrotate
lokkit
losetup
mailcap
mailx
man
mingetty
i386: mkbootdisk
mkinitrd
mktemp
modutils
mount
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): mouseconfig
ncurses
netconfig
net-tools
newt
ntsysv
openldap
openssl
pam
parted
passwd
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): pciutils
pcre
(lang ja): perl
(lang ja): perl-File-MMagic
(lang ja): perl-NKF
(lang ja): perl-Text-Kakasi
popt
procmail
procps
psmisc
pwdb
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): quota
raidtools
readline
redhat-logos
redhat-release
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): reiserfs-utils
rootfiles
rpm
s390: s390utils
s390x: s390utils
s390: binutils
s390x: binutils
sed
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): setserial
setup
setuptool
sh-utils
shadow-utils
slang
slocate
i386: syslinux
sysklogd
tar
tcsh
termcap
textutils
time
timeconfig
tmpwatch
ia64: unzip
utempter
util-linux
vim-common
vim-minimal
vixie-cron
which
words
zlib
}
1 Printing Support {
4Suite
expat
freetype
groff-perl
libpng
libxslt
libxml2
m4
perl
perl-XML-Dumper
perl-XML-Encoding
perl-XML-Grove
perl-XML-Parser
perl-XML-Twig
perl-DateManip
perl-Digest-MD5
perl-HTML-Parser
perl-HTML-Tagset
perl-libnet
perl-libwww-perl
perl-libxml-perl
perl-libxml-enno
perl-MIME-Base64
perl-Parse-Yapp
perl-Storable
perl-URI
python
}
1 Classic X Window System {
}
1 X Window System {
}
i386: 0 Laptop Support {
i386: kernel-pcmcia-cs
i386: wireless-tools
i386: }
0 --hide Spelling {
}
1 GNOME {
}
0 KDE {
}
1 Sound and Multimedia Support {
mkisofs
perl
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): sndconfig
}
1 Network Support {
autofs
bind-utils
cipe
finger
ftp
gmp
gnupg
krbafs
logwatch
m4
make
ncftp
nfs-utils
nscd
nss_ldap
openldap-clients
openssh
openssh-clients
pam_krb5
perl
pidentd
python
python-xmlrpc
portmap
radvd
rdate
i386: rhn_register
ia64: rhn_register
alpha: rhn_register
rpm-python
rsh
rusers
rwho
sendmail-cf
stunnel
talk
tcp_wrappers
telnet
traceroute
i386: up2date
alpha: up2date
ia64: up2date
wget
whois
yp-tools
ypbind
}
1 Dialup Support {
@ Network Support
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): isdn4k-utils
lockdev
lrzsz
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): minicom
ppp
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): rp-pppoe
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): statserial
tcl
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): wvdial
}
1 Messaging and Web Tools {
@ Network Support
@ Spelling
fetchmail
m4
metamail
pine
sharutils
}
0 Graphics and Image Manipulation {
}
0 --hide Network Server {
@ Network Support
finger-server
openssh-server
sysstat
talk-server
telnet-server
rusers-server
rwall-server
rsh-server
xinetd
ypserv
}
0 News Server {
@ Network Server
cleanfeed
}
0 NFS File Server {
@ Network Server
nfs-utils
}
0 Windows File Server {
@ Network Server
samba
samba-client
samba-common
}
0 Anonymous FTP Server {
@ Network Server
anonftp
wu-ftpd
}
0 SQL Database Server {
@ Network Server
cpp
libodbc++
perl
perl-DBI
perl-DBD-Pg
}
0 Web Server {
@ Network Server
@ Spelling
? Messaging and Web Tools {
php-imap
}
apache
i386: bcm5820
expat
freetype
gd
libjpeg
libpng
libtool-libs
libxml2
mm
mod_dav
mod_perl
mod_ssl
mrtg
perl
php
php-ldap
squid
i386: tux
}
0 Router / Firewall {
@ Dialup Support
@ Network Server
iptables-ipv6
mtr
rarpd
i386: tripwire
}
0 DNS Name Server {
@ Network Server
bind
caching-nameserver
}
0 Network Managed Workstation {
@ Network Server
!ia64: rdist
tcpdump
ucd-snmp
ucd-snmp-utils
}
0 Authoring and Publishing {
@ Printing Support
libpng
sgml-common
sgml-tools
perl
perl-SGMLSpm
}
0 Emacs {
}
0 Utilities {
? Network Managed Workstation {
arpwatch
i386: shapecfg
}
? Network Support {
rsync
}
bc
dump
efax
make
gmp
(lang ja): kcc
lsof
make
pax
perl
procinfo
python
screen
stat
sudo
symlinks
tree
xdelta
}
0 Legacy Application Support {
!ia64: compat-glibc
!ia64: compat-libstdc++
s390: pdksh
s390x: pdksh
s390: compat-libs
s390x: compat-libs
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): glib10
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): libjpeg6a
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): libxml10
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): ncurses4
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): openldap12
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): openssl095a
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): openssl096
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): readline2.2.1
}
0 Software Development {
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): ? Legacy Application
Support {
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): compat-egcs
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): compat-egcs-c++
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): compat-egcs-g77
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): compat-libstdc++
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x and arch !ia64): }
? DNS Name Server {
bind-devel
}
? Web Server {
apache-devel
gd
gd-devel
}
autoconf
automake
binutils
bison
byacc
bzip2-devel
cdecl
cpp
ctags
cvs
cyrus-sasl-devel
db1-devel
db3-devel
db3-utils
i386: dev86
diffstat
e2fsprogs-devel
expat
expat-devel
flex
freetype
gcc
gcc-c++
gcc-g77
gdbm-devel
gd
gd-devel
glibc-devel
gmp
gmp-devel
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): gpm-devel
kernel-headers
krb5-devel
krbafs
krbafs-devel
kudzu-devel
libjpeg
libjpeg-devel
libpng
libpng-devel
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): libstdc++-devel
libtermcap-devel
libtiff
libtiff-devel
libtool
libtool-libs
lockdev
lockdev-devel
m4
make
man-pages
mm
mm-devel
ncompress
ncurses-devel
newt-devel
njamd
openldap-devel
openssl-devel
pam-devel
patch
pciutils-devel
pcre-devel
perl
perl-SGMLSpm
pmake
python
python-devel
rcs
readline-devel
rpm-build
rpm-devel
sgml-common
sgml-tools
slang-devel
strace
swig
tcl
texinfo
zlib-devel
}
0 Kernel Development {
@ Software Development
kernel-source
}
0 Windows Compatibility / Interoperability {
dosfstools
dos2unix
mtools
lha
? Network Support {
pam_smb
samba-client
samba-common
}
unix2dos
unzip
zip
}
0 Games and Entertainment {
}
0 --hide Everything Include {
(arch !s390 and arch !s390x): specspo
ttfm
freetype
}
0 --hide Workstation Common {
@ Network Support
@ Dialup Support
@ Printing Support
@ X Window System
@ Messaging and Web Tools
@ Windows Compatibility / Interoperability
@ Utilities
@ Graphics and Image Manipulation
@ Sound and Multimedia Support
@ Authoring and Publishing
@ Emacs
}
0 --hide Server {
@ Network Server
@ Printing Support
@ Messaging and Web Tools
@ Dialup Support
@ Network Managed Workstation
@ Emacs
@ Software Development
@ Utilities
}
I would really appreciate some help with this.
Regards,
Rajiv
