Hello, I'm looking into installing a "not-RedHat/Fedora" rpm based distribution with Anaconda (in this case MontaVista Linux) on a generic x86 plaform. I'm not sure if this is the correct list to discuss this, but since this is the only Anaconda development list I could find, here goes. I did an 'experiment' with the FC6 CD 1 by using a netbase installation (http) to a repository containing (only) all the MontaVista Linux rpm files (so no FC6 rpms were available in this repository). During installation Anaconda complains no kernel was found. After taking a more detailed look at it, I realised that there is no linux kernel package named "kernel" in MontaVista Linux, so that ofcourse explains why it isn't working. This made me wonder if Anaconda is being used to install non RedHat/Fedora (RPM) based distributions (i.e. is it possible to install OpenSuSe or Mandriva with Anaconda?). Also, what packages does Anaconda 'expect' to be present in the repository? I found (from looking at the Anaconda python sources) the following depedencies: * kernel* * authconfig * chkconfig * mkinitrd * rhpl * system-config-securitylevel-tui * grub (or lilo?) on i386 Is there a (complete) list of 'requirements' that Anaconda has on the "to-be" installed system (packages/tools/config files that need to be installed in order to complete installation)? Is anyone aware of other people that are trying to install MontaVista Linux using Anaconda? Best regards, Jeroen Janssen
