On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 16:31 +0100, Will McDonald wrote: > On 19/09/05, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote: > > [root at linserv1 cdrom]# cat /etc/redhat-release > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon Update 5) > > > > but I forgot to make note of it above > > > > I wonder if Taroon Update 5 is the problem, perhaps I should lie and > > suggest Update 3 on those... hmmm > > Isn't the installer just a shell script? Couldn't you just prod around > inside and see what it's specifically looking for? > ---- damn - why didn't I think of that? relevant section (I think)... case "$LINUX_DIST" in RedHat) #redhat kernel version rtn=$(version_compare $VERSION "2.4.2" ) if [ $rtn -eq 2 ];then echo $INST_REDHAT_MINIMAL exit 1 fi rtn=$(version_compare $VERSION "2.5.0" ) if [ $rtn -eq 1 ];then DIST_TOO_NEW="YES" fi if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then cat /etc/redhat-release | ${GREP} 'release 3| release 2.1|3.0' | $GREP -v $GREP_S 1>/dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then OS_NOT_CERTIFIED="YES" fi else OS_NOT_CERTIFIED="YES" fi ;; Looks strange - (I took the liberty of removing some of the line indentations for readability). I would think that the 'release 3' part should succeed. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.