Continuing the thread, if there's anyone out there who has successfully completed an anaconda rebuild (buildinstall & genhdlist), please let me know that it can be done, either privately or to the list. Having solved the kernel/loopback mount problem, I now have an anaconda that whose installer process dies at the point where it tries to install the first RPM. I have diffed the contents of the various file system images against the stock images, and I see nothing that would indicate a problem. Again, any information, hacks, or debugging tips are very much appreciated. -- Dave Thompson ( thomas(at)cs(dot)wisc(dot)edu ) Associate Researcher Department of Computer Science University of Wisconsin-Madison http://www.cs.wisc.edu/(twiddle)thomas 1210 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706-1685 --