Maybe someone has
some constructive thoughts on this one.
I'm working out the
kinks in a network install, and I had it working, then I added a few rpms, then
all went to hell. Since it was several weeks between "had it working" and
"hell" stages, I couldn't remember the nuances of what probably broke my
install.
So -- long story
short:
* pxe booting
followed by unattended kickstart install
* comps.xml stripped
down to base packages
* test rpm db
created for making sure dependencies resolved
* getfullcomps.py
also run to make sure everything copasetic
* After enabling
portFast on the switch (why this is necessary I'm still not 100% sure since the
initial PXE dhcp request works), install began working
* Added j2sdk 1.4.2,
jdk 1.5.0_02, and my own Sun Java System Webserver RPM (they don't distribute an
rpm for this, thanks, Sun)
* test rpm db
created for making sure dependencies resolved
* getfullcomps.py
also run to make sure everything copasetic
* Reran
genhdlist/pkgorder/genhdlist with proper syntax
*
pkgorder spits out: "warning: LOOP:" followed by some garbage a few times -- but
this is OK supposedly
*
when genhdlist the second time this happens:
[root@myserver
rh_es_4]# genhdlist --withnumbers --fileorder /dist/rh_es_4/custom/pkgfile
--hdlist /dist/rh_es_4/custom/i386/RedHat/base/hdlist
/dist/rh_es_4/custom/i386
WARNING: ordering not found for j2sdk-1_4_2-linux-i586.rpm
WARNING: ordering not found for jdk-1_5_0_02-linux-i586.rpm
WARNING: ordering not found for j2sdk-1_4_2-linux-i586.rpm
WARNING: ordering not found for jdk-1_5_0_02-linux-i586.rpm
Reboot on
install-target and PXE boot off of install server.
Anaconda:
* loads
drivers
* gets an ip over
dhcp
* gets kickstart
script off of NFS server
* Formats drive per
ks script
* Gets to "Preparing
RPM Transaction" and BOOM! "Installer exiting
abnormally"
*
Only thing of note on virtual consoles is the presence of:
"WARNING: not all packages in hdlist had order tag"
The rpms install
just fine if installed on a running ES 4 machine, just not via anaconda thus
far.
Any
ideas?
I am about to try
without my custom rpm and the newer jdk rpm, because I had a customized
installer I did with AS 2.1 and the older jdk installed just
fine.
Thanks for any
help.
Regards,
Steve
