I have posted this on redhat-list also since then I have tried to update just the kernel from the base to 2.4.9-21 with the same problem. It kills me to see all these posts of people who have been doing this for months/years without problems. For the kernel update I copied just the kernel-* files into my distro directory and removing the originals. I ran genhdlist against this with no errors. Attempting a manual install via nfs I get through all the base install questions and then I get this wonderful exception error. I have seen a bunch of short treads on this but no real information. I am looking to update a RH7.2 distro to the latest packages for an automated installation system I am setting up. I copied CDs 1 and 2 into a single nfs share, downloaded the updates from http://mirror.hiwaay.net merged the updates with the RedHat/RPMS directory removing the older packages. I updated the comps list by adding Omni and Omni-foomatic, which is now needed by ghostscript. I moved the hdlist and hdlist2 files and ran "/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/genhdlist --withnumbers --hdlist /path/to/hdlist /path/to/distro" which created the hdlist and hdlist2 files. I am getting an exception error during a manual install with the new distro. Here are the first 20 lines of the dump file. <--------------------- Clip ----------------------------------> Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 620, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData) File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 364, in run File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 243, in currentStep File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 143, in gotoNext File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 208, in moveStep File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 106, in readPackages File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/urlinstall.py", line 39, in readComps File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 795, in __init__ File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 549, in readCompsFile File "/usr/src/build/41637-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 152, in __getitem__ KeyError: kon2 Local variables in innermost frame: self: <comps.HeaderList instance at 83163c8> item: kon2 Individual package selection status: <--------------------- Clip ----------------------------------> The install worked prior to updating the RPMs. I expect I am missing something but do not know what that may be. I will try again with just the kernel rpms and if that fails with something less extreme. Is there any documentation on this process that is current? Paul Hamm Manager Technical Services Open Ratings Inc 617-582-5124 www.openratings.com
