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The problem I'm trying to solve is this. I am attempting a kickstart-directed network installation with RHEL 3 EL update 3 on a Dell 2650 server. At the point when anaconda tries to get files from the server by nfs, I get a dialog box with this message: "That directory could not be mounted from the server." I click OK. Anaconda gives me another dialog to set the server and path. I leave that just as it is and click OK. This process happens anywhere from 2 to 10 times, but eventually anaconda finds the directory and the installation continues.
This, however, is not the problem I'm asking about. I think I know the answer to this. What I don't know is how to implement the answer.
I believe the problem is related to this bug on bugzilla: <a href=""> kickstart fails to get kickstartfile when using e1000 network driver </a>. The reporter found a problem in the interaction between the e1000 driver and anaconda. The final solution given in this bugzilla was a reference to this web page: <a href=""http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2004-518.html">http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2004-518.html"> Updated anaconda and pump packages </a>. The instructions were to download and install the updated anaconda and pump packages. My first question is what do I do next? Looking at /usr/share/doc/anaconda-9.1.4.1/anaconda-release-notes.txt, it appears that I need to put some updated files in a directory named RHupdates on my repository. That leads to a whole host of new questions, that I'll enumerate for my own thought process: 1. What files go into RHupdates? How do I know which of the anaconda files were updated? Can I just put all the files there that were installed by the anaconda rpms? 2. What is the structure of RHupdates? Do I put all the files directly under RHupdates or do I maintain the same directory structure they enjoy outside of RHupdates? 3. Where do I put RHupdates? I tried putting it parallel to the RedHat directory in my repository and I tried putting it directly under the RedHat directory. I never got my installation to acknowledge the presence of the RHupdates directory despite an afternoon of experimenting. 4. How do I tell anaconda to look for RHupdates? I tried the "updates" directive listed in the command-line.txt file. Anaconda would ask if I wanted to use fd0 or hda as the source of the updates. Again, I never got it to acknowledge the presence of the RHupdates directory. 5. When anaconda did ask me what source I wanted to use for updates, it did so only after the round of questions and answers about the nfs server. Will attempting to update anaconda this way even help? Do I need to use a floppy disk to provide the updates? If so, I suppose I really will need to know which files to use because of the space limitations of a floppy. 6. Finally, does someone know of a source that would answer these questions for me? I spent a couple of hours with Google but didn't come up with anything definitive. Thanks! Andrew Robinson
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