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. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list