Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 186385
Install hangs while reading package metadata
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:28 EST
Description of problem: When trying to upgrade install from FC5test2 to FC5 from DVD the installer aborts with the error message: "Unable to read package meta data. This may be due to a missing rpodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated. failure: repodata/repoxmd.xml from anaconda: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try." The DVD check was successful. I tried two different DVDs with the same result. On virtual console 4 I get the error: "end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 6354220 Buffer I/O error n device hdc, logical block 1588555" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC6 install DVD How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from install DVD 2. Choose upgrade 3. Actual results: Hang, error see above. Expected results: Should install. Additional info:
I'm pretty sure we don't support upgrades from test releases to the final release, only from the last major release to the new one (e.g., FC4 to FC5). That said, it sounds like either your burner or reader is at fault here. This will sound strange, but try burning the disc at a slower speed. The media check may pass, but try burning it at a slower speed anyway. Try another burner if you can. Try different media. Lots of variables, but based on what you said above, it definitely sounds hardware related. Burners and readers are very picky.
I compared the install DVD with the content of the image I used to burn it (mounted the image via loopback and recursively compared every file's md5sum). They are identical. I used the DVD drive I tried to install from for this test. The ISO image's sha1sum is correct.