Kickstart Installation fails with an error "unable to open input kickstart file: Could not open/read file"

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Issue

  • Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux using Kickstart Profile from RHN Satellite.
  • The installation fails with the following error at the very initial stages.
The following error was found while parsing the kickstart configuration
The following problem occurred on line 0 of the kickstart file:
Unable to open input kickstart file could not open/read file:///tmp/netinfo

Environment

  • Red Hat Network Satellite or Proxy 5.5
  • Kickstart Installation

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