Description of problem: I've downloaded the disc 1 installation iso from several mirrors (one from NCSA, one from in .no, one from somewhere else, etc.) and it's corrupt from each one. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC5 release 1 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. download FC-5-i386-disc1.iso from a mirror 2. run md5sum on the image 3. profit! Actual results: Here's the md5sum of the iso I download: 65230e2167655e0d652800fbbe49f072 FC-5-i386-disc1.iso Expected results: This is what it's supposed to be: 43546c0e0d1fc64b6b80fe1fa99fb6509af5c0a0 FC-5-i386-disc1.iso Additional info: Installation proceeds through root password setting then this error message is displayed: Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated. failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from anaconda: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Going to the shell (Ctl-Alt-F2) I can verify that /mnt/source/repodata/primary.xml.gz exists (not sure if that helps in this case, but...) Cheers, Dan
OK, I realized that I ran the wrong checksum. Here's the sha1sum output: 43546c0e0d1fc64b6b80fe1fa99fb6509af5c0a0 FC-5-i386-disc1.iso So, that looks fine but still the installation fails giving the error message, above. Dan
OK, I've got it installing now, but I had to select an ftp site to make it work. I booted with 'linux otheroptions' (or whatever) selected 'ftp' then gave it a valid ftp server and path and then it said "detected local installation method" and it started installing....
Does your CD pass mediacheck (http://rhlinux.redhat.com/anaconda/mediacheck.html)?
Jeremy, I will check when I get home, but note my additions, above. Dan
Indeed it does fail the mediacheck.