If you press Alt+F2 or F3/F4/F5 during the ks you will see different screens that display different info about what's going on. Chances are its hiccuping on a module or something of the sort. You should see the problem in one of the other consoles. Frans -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of moreta Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:37 PM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Exception error with kickstart and 8.0 Hello, I'm new to using kickstart and I'm getting an error message from the installation and I am not sure if it is a bug or what. Anyone seen this before: python2.2:rpmio_internal.h:235: fdGetFp: Assertion `fd && fd-> magic ==0x04463138' failed. install exited abnormally Also, my ks.cfg file does specify the nfs server to use...but each time the process asks me to enter the ip address or name of the nfs server and then the export directory. Is there something I am doing wrong? below is some excerts: ks.cfg..... network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp nfs --server 192.249.x.x --dir /export/location/of/the/Redhat/installation/tree syslinux.cfg..... default linux ks=floppy display snake.msg label ks kernel vmlinuz append ks=floppy initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216 _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list