Description of problem: Problem pertains to installing FC5 on NFS server for network-based upgrades/installations. Instructions included in "README" file of disc1 fails to specify that "repodata" directory must be copied to server in addition to the "Fedora" directory and "RELEASE-NOTES*" files. Without the "repodata" directory, installation/upgrade will fail. This was not an issue with FC4. I have been informed, via IRC, that FC5 requires "repodata" because it uses "yum" during the install process, which FC4 did not. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NA How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Follow instructions in README file on disc 1, or Installation Guide, to create a directory for NFS based installation. Instructions specify the following command: cp -a /mnt/cdrom/Fedora /target/directory 2. Insure that no "repodata" directory is present under "/target/directory" 3. Attempt to use "/target/directory" for NFS-based installation. Actual results: Installation fails due to inability to find "repodata/repomd.xml" Expected results: Successful installation. Additional info:
Thanks - the Fedora Installation Guide doesn't actually document server configuration, so I'm reassigning this so that someone can look into amending the README.
This has been fixed in the README file; thanks for the report, sorry it hung open for so long. :)