RHBA-2005:484 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated system-config-netboot package is available.

Description

The system-config-netboot package is a utility that allows you to configure
diskless environments and network installations.

This update fixes problems with creating the initrd.img and with the
disklessrc init script.

All system-config-netboot users are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 148022 - RHEL4: system-config-netboot, mouseover of kickstart field, help text bug
• BZ - 149000 - system-config-netboot creates a broken initrd for diskless clients
• BZ - 159996 - system-config-netboot gui corrupting diskless image definitions
• BZ - 161394 - Diskless client panics on boot
• BZ - 163871 - Doesn't work for diskless clients
• BZ - 163872 - GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.mainloop, gtk.mainquit
• BZ - 164011 - updateDiskless gives confusion error message if busybox-anaconda is missing in client root
• BZ - 164012 - updateDiskless does not always include all necessary kernel modules in initrd
• BZ - 164027 - GUI bugs in system-config-netboot-0.1.20-1
• BZ - 165500 - PXE boot config file for PXE install clients unusable if kickstart file has not been specified
• BZ - 165730 - current disklessrc cannot be used to boot 2.6.9-12.2.EL kernel
• BZ - 165735 - diskless clients cannot cope with no DNS PTR record for their IP address
• BZ - 165772 - read-only root filesystem reported as mounted with "rw" option
• BZ - 166217 - initrd may not be large enough for the kernel-smp and required modules

CVEs

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References

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