I have been trying to install RedHat's latest beta for the S/390 and have
run into problems with Anaconda.  I have the last copies of the ISO files
and have downloaded the latest OCO LCS modules from IBM and found the
matching INITRD.IMG and KERNEL.IMG files.  I can IPL the initial bootstrap
just fine and can telnet into the system.  My problem is when I start the
"loader" shell.  I have the ISO files on an accessable disk (/dev/dasdd1)
and tell Anaconda I am doing an install from hard disk.  I get as far as the
request for formatting DASD and after that I get the following error
messages from Anaconda:

Description of problem: When attempting to install RedHat 7.2 beta for
S/390, Anaconda fails with an unhandled exception.
 Traceback infor:
File "/usr/bin/anaconda". line 640, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch,
configFileData)
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.2//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 410, in run
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.2//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 144, in
gotoNext
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.2//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 209, in
moveStep
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.2//usr/lib/anaconda/partitioning.py", line 1659,
in partitionMethodSetup
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.2//usr/lib/anaconda/partitioning.py", line 1641,
in setProtected
TypeError: attribute-less object (assign or del)

I am using an OSA-2 adapter which works just fine.  The manual suggests that
this is a Python error and I have submitted a bug request to
bugzilla.redhat.com.  Anyone run into this problem?
I can't use the FTP, HTTP, of NFS install options as I am behind the company
firewall and am severely restricted to what I can access.

Any ideas on how to proceed???

Thanks,

Mitch Manthe
Systems Analyst I
Unisys Corp
Eagan, MN

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