Why does kickstart installation fail to complete when specifying %packages --nocore in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 ?

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Issue

  • Why does kickstart installation fail to complete when specifying %packages --nocore in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 ?
  • The %packages section is as follows.
%packages --nobase --nocore 
vim-enhanced 
yum 
openssh-clients 
openssh-server 
%end

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
  • Kickstart installation

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