Description of problem: Unable to use harddrive install option to install FC5B3 on my laptop Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Every try Steps to Reproduce: 0. Load ISOs on an ext3 partition 1. Boot of CDROM and leave CDROM in drive 2. Select Harddrive 3. Select correct partition and directory 4. Start installation (partition, tz, root pw, etc) 5. Watch things go boom when starting to read package selection Actual results: Anaconda abends with: Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated. failure: repodata/repomd.xml from anaconda: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Expected results: To install a nice, shinny FC5B3 load on my laptop. Additional info:
What was the source for the ISO images? Can you verify that they do have a /repodata directory?
hda4:/ISOs root@0[ISOs]# ls FC-5-Test3-i386-disc1.iso FC-5-Test3-i386-disc3.iso FC-5-Test3-i386-disc5.iso FC-5-Test3-i386-disc2.iso FC-5-Test3-i386-disc4.iso mnt1 root@0[ISOs]# mount -oloop,ro FC-5-Test3-i386-disc1.iso mnt1/ root@0[ISOs]# cd mnt1/ root@0[mnt1]# ls -l drwxr-sr-x 4 root root 2048 Feb 16 15:00 Fedora -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 18385 Apr 5 2005 GPL -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 6799 Feb 15 16:12 README -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 12667 Apr 5 2005 README-Accessibility -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 95168 Feb 15 16:12 RELEASE-NOTES -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 1910 Apr 5 2005 RPM-GPG-KEY -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 1706 Apr 5 2005 RPM-GPG-KEY-beta -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 1519 Apr 5 2005 RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 1105 Apr 5 2005 RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-rawhide -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 1076 Apr 5 2005 RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 1232 Apr 5 2005 RPM-GPG-KEY-rawhide -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3811 Feb 16 15:09 TRANS.TBL -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 248 May 26 2005 autorun -rw-r--r-- 4 root root 5616 Apr 5 2005 eula.txt drwxr-sr-x 4 root root 2048 Feb 16 15:00 images drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 2048 Feb 16 15:00 isolinux drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 2048 Feb 16 15:09 repodata root@0[mnt1]# ls -l repodata -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1121 Feb 16 15:09 TRANS.TBL -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 698401 Feb 16 15:09 comps.xml -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 2216292 Feb 16 15:09 filelists.xml.gz -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 4751194 Feb 16 15:09 other.xml.gz -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 732088 Feb 16 15:09 primary.xml.gz -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 1296 Feb 16 15:09 repomd.xml
Sorry...missed the question about sources. I used the torrent posted on the fedora.redhat.com site to get them. They pass the SHA1SUM test....
This problem carried over into the official FC5 release. If any more information is needed, please let me know as well and I can provide it. The following is output from the mount command from the busybox VT. My source image is on /dev/sdb1, but I don't see that mounted here. /proc on /proc type proc (rw) /dev on /dev type tmpfs (rw) /dev/pts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw) /sys on /sys type sysfs (rw) none on /tmp type ramfs (rw) none on /tmp/ramfs type ramfs (rw) /proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) /tmp/loop1 on /mnt/runtime type squashfs (ro) /selinux on /selinux type selinuxfs (rw) /dev/hda1 on /mnt/sysimage type ext3 (rw,data=ordered) /dev/hda3 on /mnt/sysimage/home type ext3 (rw,data=ordered) /dev/proc on /mnt/sysimage/proc type proc (rw) /dev/sys on /mnt/sysimage/sys type sysfs (rw) /dev on /mnt/sysimage/dev type tmpfs (rw) Here is a directory listing from /mnt/runtime/: drwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 122 Mar 15 04:29 etc drwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 1067 Mar 15 04:29 lib drwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 45 Mar 15 04:29 usr
Same problem here, and moreover the problem is replicated exactly even during an HTTP install (from mirrors.dsi.unimi.it). I am starting the boot from diskboot.img.
I don't know if this can help, but after failing with an external CD and HTTP, I had success by installing from an ISO image on the hard disk.
I know we tested hard drive installs just prior to the release. Chris -- can you look into this.
This is now fixed in Rawhide.