Re: loader sigsegv after unicode-lite.c:22 during network install - options?

[David Cantrell <dcantrell redhat com>]

Vinay Y S wrote:
> I'm trying to install Fedora 7 via network. loader crashes on some
> machines. I've added details to bug
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462175. I got the latest
> anaconda sources from git repo and built the new loader on Fedora 9
> (my kickstart server) and copied the loader into the initrd.img and
> booted. When loader was executed by init, it just didn't do anything.
> Everything was unmounted and the installation terminated.
> 
> I tried using Fedora 9's vmlinuz and initrd.img instead. It booted
> fine and loader didn't crash. But in the next step it said "The Fedora
> installation tree in that directory does not seem to match your boot
> media." Then I copied stage2.img also from Fedora 9. Installation
> completed, but it was broken after reboot.
> 
> Please help me use the latest anaconda loader(assuming it has the fix
> for my problem) to install Fedora 7.
> Any help is greatly appreciated.

Any reason you're trying to do this?  The anaconda releases are somewhat
tied to each Fedora release.  Trying to use the current anaconda on
Fedora 7 is asking for a lot of pain.  It's not something we really
support or try to make work.

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David Cantrell <dcantrell redhat com>
Red Hat / Honolulu, HI