Description of problem: I created my own ISO filesystem on an external USB harddisk. The ISO filesystem was created with mkisofs -v -r -T -J -l -R -o /media/usbdisk/install/FC5-i386.iso /data/install/FC5/i386 The structure of the filesystem is du /data/install/FC5/i386/ 11316 /data/install/FC5/i386/repodata 97056 /data/install/FC5/i386/Fedora/base 6367168 /data/install/FC5/i386/Fedora/RPMS 11316 /data/install/FC5/i386/Fedora/repodata 6475548 /data/install/FC5/i386/Fedora 6486872 /data/install/FC5/i386/ So there is a repodata subdirectory both in the root of the CD and under Fedora. Both contain repomd.xml, but anaconda fails with 14:21:18 INFO : anaconda [1/1] 14:21:19 ERROR : Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: anaconda 14:21:19 ERROR : failure: repodata/repomd.xml from anaconda: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. 14:21:19 ERROR : reading package metadata: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from anaconda: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable) Plain vanilla Fedora Core 5 disc 1 booted with command line linux ks=hd:sda1/install/config/ks-athene.cfg which contains harddrive --partition=sda1 --dir=/install/ How reproducible: Create an ISO image as above on a HD and try to install FC5 from it. Steps to Reproduce: 1. create ISO image on HD 2. boot FC5 disc 1 and choose installation from HD Actual results: Fails to find repomd.xml. Expected results: Should find the file and continue installation. Additional info: None.
Created attachment 131814 [details] Anaconda logfile
Can you test with FC6t1 we did some work around HD installs for that which I think will fix your issue.
Fixed in rawhide and will be in fc6t2