Did you know that there is an update diskette image & did you install with
that update disk? I think the python thing was one of the things that the
update fixed.

Mark

On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Matthews, John wrote:

> I saw this on the archive and thought it was relevant.  Does anyone have a
> solution to shit?
> 
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists/redhat-install-list/msg12995.html
> Hello All.
>  
> I tried to install RHS 6.2 on a P4B with a Rage 128 Pro video board (a
> Jupiter board). (I have seen this problem already in the mailing list
> archive, but no clue about the origin of this problem).
>  
> The installation crashes when anaconda tries to read package names from the
> /RedHat/base/comps file:
>  
> Exception occured
>  
> <removed many lines of dump>
>  
> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 299, in readCompsFile
> comp.addPackage (packages[l]) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 46, in
> __getitem__ return self.packages[item] keyError : basesystem
>  
> Installation is done with a kickstart file, and no X support is installed.
> Does the 6.2 distribution provide support for installation on this hardware
> configuration ? If not, is there a P4 configuration (no X required, so basic
> VGA will do it) I can use with RHS 6.2 ?
>  
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arthur H. Johnson II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 10:51 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: RedHat 6.2 fails on Pentium 4?
> 
> 
> Red Hat 6.2 should install on a Pent 4.  It is backwards compatible with
> x86 platforms.  Besides, the error doesnt look like it has anything to
> do with the type of processor.
> 
> On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 10:44, Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote:
> > Kapeller Rene PSI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > I tried to install redhat-6.2 on a pentium 4.
> > > The installation actually goes well until it tries to get the package
> > > list (or something like that).
> > > Anaconda then complains with
> > > 
> > >    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comp.sys"
> > >      line 46 in __getitem__
> > > return self.packages[item]
> > >      KeyError: basesystem
> > > 
> > > has anyone successfully installed rh-6.2 on a pentium 4?
> > 
> > I doubt that[1], you need a newer version.
> > 
> > [1] There was no such CPU when RHL 6.2 was released.
> > -- 
> > Trond Eivind Glomsrød
> > Red Hat, Inc.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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