Satellite 5.4: cobbler buildiso fails with 'Required file not found' error

Issue

• Executing cobbler buildiso failed with one of the following error messages:

  # cobbler buildiso
  task started: 2010-11-02_181219_buildiso
  task started (id=Build Iso, time=Tue Nov  2 18:12:19 2010)
  using/creating tempdir: /buildiso
  building tree for isolinux
  copying miscellaneous files
  Exception occured: cobbler.cexceptions.CX
  Exception value: 'Required file not found: /var/lib/cobbler/loaders/menu.c32'
  Exception Info:
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line 123, in die
      raise CX(msg)
  
  Exception occured: cobbler.cexceptions.CX
  Exception value: 'Required file not found: /var/lib/cobbler/loaders/menu.c32'
  Exception Info:
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 95, in run
      rc = self._run(self)
     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 155, in runner
      self.logger
     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 755, in build_iso
      return builder.run(
     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/action_buildiso.py", line 418, in run
      utils.die(self.logger,"Required file not found: %s" % f)
     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line 131, in die
      raise CX(msg)
  
  !!! TASK FAILED !!!
  

or

# cobbler buildiso 
- using/creating tempdir: /root/buildiso 
- building tree for isolinux 
- copying miscellaneous files 
Required file not found: /usr/lib/syslinux/chain.c32