Now that is counter-productive. If this is on the Spacewalk wiki, just edit it 
yourself. :)

> On 4 Apr 2016, at 1:09 PM, Lachlan Musicman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> It's true, although other documentation clearly states "remove the rpms once 
> the tree has has the ISO added".
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> On 4 April 2016 at 13:00, Avi Miller <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> It's only something I worked out recently while working with CentOS as a 
> kickstart distro for the first time.
> 
> Note that our (Oracle) documentation only documents how to use an ISO as the 
> kickstart distribution, so this issue isn't seen in that instance, because 
> the base packages are available on the ISO alongside the boot images. Using 
> an ISO as the kickstart distribution avoids this issue completely.
> 
> 
>> On 4 Apr 2016, at 12:29 PM, Lachlan Musicman <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Ok, thank you.
>> 
>> That should be very clearly stated in the docs. Probably in a pull quote.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> L.
>> 
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>> The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this 
>> way."
>> 
>> - Grace Hopper
>> 
>> On 4 April 2016 at 11:46, Avi Miller <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Spacewalk doesn't actually enable the parent channel during kickstart. It 
>> uses the kickstart distribution and whatever packages are available via the 
>> ISO. If you're using a stripped distribution (i.e. the just the boot images, 
>> no packages/repodata) then it doesn't work at all. You need to add the full 
>> base channel into the kickstart distribution for this to work.
>> 
>> I've just been through this myself, as it happens.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Avi
>> 
>> > On 4 Apr 2016, at 11:17 AM, Lachlan Musicman <[email protected] 
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I've got a strange error that I think someone mentioned here recently but 
>> > I can't see it in a google search just now.
>> >
>> >
>> > I create a Parent channel, and associate it with a repository, then add 
>> > child channels and associate them with their appropriate repositories.
>> >
>> > I create the Activation key, associate it with the Parent Channel, create 
>> > the kickstart profile associated with the channel etc etc.
>> >
>> > When I boot, I get the error :
>> >
>> > You have requested that the package 'x' should be installed. This package 
>> > does not exist. Would you like to ignore this package and continue with 
>> > the installation?'
>> >
>> > (in this case x= hwloc-devel, but I think that's irrelevant' - if I answer 
>> > yes, it just asks for every package)
>> >
>> > When I search the Parent Channel for the software in question, it is 
>> > definitely in there. (see attachment)
>> >
>> > This is annoying and stops my installation.
>> >
>> > Interestingly, if I create a Child Channel, called centos_7_base, which is 
>> > the base install (ie, exactly the same as the Parent - associated with the 
>> > same repo!), then the installation works fine. For some reason, the ks 
>> > profile can see the packages in the child channels but isn't seeing any in 
>> > the parent channel.
>> >
>> > Am I wrongly envisioning what the Parent Channel is? Should the parent not 
>> > have a repo/set of packages?
>> >
>> > How might I trouble shoot this - where are the logs, which commands are 
>> > failing?
>> >
>> > If I disassociate the Parent Channel with any repos, will this cause any 
>> > issues?
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > L.
>> >
>> >
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