From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050922 Fedora/1.7.12-1.3.1 Description of problem: anaconda fails while harddrive install (isos, usbdisk) on powermac g5. "reading package metadata: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from anaconda: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try" FC5-test2-ppc-boot.iso boot: linux text expert askmethod video=ofonly FC5-test2-ppc-disc1.iso (not bootable) alt+apple+o+f 0 > boot cd:,\ppc\mac\ofboot.b boot: linux text askmethod video=ofonly Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot 2. select hardrive install 3. select sdc1 (isos, usbdisk) 4. ..., partition, eth0, hostname, timezone, password, failure! Actual Results: reading package metadata: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from anaconda: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try Additional info: sda = sata = macosx sdb = sata = install device sdc = usbdisk sha1sum media/usbdisk FC5-test2-ppc-disc1.iso: Ok FC5-test2-ppc-disc2.iso: Ok FC5-test2-ppc-disc3.iso: Ok FC5-test2-ppc-disc4.iso: Ok FC5-test2-ppc-disc5.iso: Ok FC5-test2-ppc-disc6.iso: Ok tty4: anaconda is using a deprcated SCSI ioctl, please convert it to SG_IO
This also happens when using text mode installation on x86 systems. Anaconda fails to mount the iso images in text mode only.
When trying to net-install FC5 test2 it searches for repodata.xml in Fedora/repodata and Fedora/disc1/repodata, but the repodata directory is in the root directory of the CD. This looks like the same bug to me so I am not filing a new one.
Can you switch to tty2, grab /tmp/anaconda.log and attach it here?
Created attachment 123843 [details] fc5t2 ppc boot.iso hdinst anaconda.log here is the /tmp/anaconda.log bootmedium was the fc5t2-ppc-boot.iso
It happened on my X86 when I use the DVD iso image for hard drive installation.
i did not tried a hdinstall again only net-installs which were mostly ok. closed "mac os x" "mac os x server"
I ran into the same issue for network install. I tailed the access_log for my httpd and the files in RPMS was giving a 404. It turns out that the directory mapping in the httpd.conf file was a little off and did not accommodate the RPMS and the repodata directory. Note: I copied the directories from the FC-5-i386-DVD.iso and -not- the CD images. The end result, I think, should be the same anyway... Here is my structure now: --fedora5 | --netowrk install | --Fedora | --base --RPMS --repodata My repodata directory earlier was at the same level as the RPMS and base. Anyway, after setup, there are a couple of tests that can be run from your favority web browser or wget http://yourhost/yourMappingUrlForTheNetworkInstallDirectory/Fedora/RPMS/ expat-1.95.8-8.2.i386.rpm AND http://yourhost/yourMappingUrlForTheNetworkInstallDirectory/repodata/repomd.xml Both should succeed. If they don't, check your configs for the http server.