- Issued:
- 2004-01-16
- Updated:
- 2004-01-16
RHBA-2003:344 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
Miscellaneous bugfixes available for anaconda installation program
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Multiple bugfixes for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program and
surrounding packages are now available.
Description
Anaconda is the installation program used to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
This erratum includes updated anaconda and kudzu packages with a number
bugfixes.
Solution
NOTE: These updates generally only apply to a fresh installation of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux via the ISO images available from Red Hat Network.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 102136 - kudzu incorrectly determines drive naming when modules are removed and re-inserted
- BZ - 104033 - Not possible to set LVM PE size in kickstart
- BZ - 104055 - Failed to create/link with shared objects
- BZ - 104993 - Running out of space with preexisting lvm leads to attempted removal of lvs/vgs twice
- BZ - 105005 - redhat-cdinstall-helper will install packages w/o warning for other archs
- BZ - 105586 - kickstart install with probed monitor fails
- BZ - 105614 - the installer falsely detects that our recent servers have a PCMCIA controller
- BZ - 105726 - missing Australian timezones
- BZ - 105788 - LTC4619 - verify size of preexisting PReP partitions and warn if below recommended
- BZ - 105789 - vnc in package list makes kickstart assume vnc install
- BZ - 106007 - [ia64] Infinite loop if typo in nfs-directory in kickstart file
- BZ - 106011 - COMPAT PACKAGES MISSING FROM AMD64 RHEL3 RC1
- BZ - 106163 - chandev configuration and probing
- BZ - 106237 - LTC4702-VM formatted dasd is ignored by installer.
- BZ - 106425 - driverdisk option does not work in kickstart
- BZ - 106638 - pcmcia network install left broken modules.conf
- BZ - 106923 - parm file DISPLAY= value is ignored
- BZ - 107162 - RH4957-Installing RHEL3 using the IUCV Network device - The RAMDISK boot process does not recognise the iucv parameter, if we specify it in the parameter file as documented in the release-notes .
- BZ - 107350 - Boot floppy image written to hard disk
- BZ - 107361 - LTC5004 - SCSI Tape is recognized as "st" instead of "st0" on pSeries
- BZ - 107902 - anaconda traceback when doing VNC install over telnet
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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