On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 11:59 -0400, Ajay wrote: > Hi > > I am installing CentOS4 over ether network using http and kickstart. I boot from > the first CentOS CD and at "boot:" prompt I input > "ks=http://localserver/install/custom.cfg". Except for minor glitches like > "Kernel-Development group not found" warning, the process is smooth and is > almost completely automated. > > Now, I want to add additional RPMS to the CentOS/RPMS directory to install > additional packages in the default install. In preparation, I was regenerating > the hdlist using "genhdlist" even before adding the extra RPMS, just to > checkout. > > A new hdlist and hdlist2 is sucessfully regenerated in CentOS/base dir with a > small reduction in file size of hdlist, but the network install fails at the > end of "Preparing RPM transaction" screen with the message "install exited > abnormally" and shuts down. > > Am I missing something? Ajay- It would be far simpler to setup a yum repository for the additional packages, create a custom yum.conf (or repo file for the repo), and then install that yum.conf or repo file in %post and then follow that up with a yum -t -y install foo bar baz Sean -- Sean O'Connell Office of Engineering Computing oconnell at soe.ucsd.edu Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD 858.534.9716 (49716)