Description of problem: I can't install rawhide for more than a week now -- the further I get is this screen: +----------------------------+ Error +-----------------------------+ | | | Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing | | repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has | | been correctly generated. Cannot retrieve repository metadata | | (repomd.xml) for repository: anaconda-base-200711220556.i386. | | Please verify its path and try again | | | | +-------+ +----------+ | | | Abort | | Continue | | | +-------+ +----------+ | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 11.4.0.1 with isys fix Additional info: My kickstart configuration: text install url --url=http://storm.lan/linux/fedora/rawhide/i386/os/ zerombr yes clearpart --all --initlabel autopart auth --useshadow --enablemd5 rootpw --iscrypted XXXXX keyboard us lang en_US timezone --utc Europe/Bratislava firewall --disabled firstboot --disable bootloader --location=mbr --append="panic=10" reboot %packages --default Please pardon me for a higher volume of reports from me, I would like to ensure some stuff I use will work in f9 (installs on iscsi on diskless machines, etc.), and the rawhide tree is uninstallable for some time now. If the issues are known, fixed and my reports are annoying, just tell me. I just feel that six month release cycle, with one month frozen leaves small time for testing, so I don't want uninstallable trees to shorten it even more.
Is there actually repodata in your repo?
If you mean that "http://storm.lan/linux/fedora/rawhide/i386/os/" -- yes. It is actually not my own repo, it is a mirror of http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/i386/os/
Also anaconda doesn't seem to attempt to fetch anything from that repo when I retry (checked with tcpdump, and httpd logs).
Is this better with today's rawhide? We've had a couple builds go by now with tons of bugfixes.
The same. I tried with today's rawhide + partedUtils.py fix.
Does anaconda with current rawhide work for you. I'm mostly sure that my mirror is alright. If I break into debugger at the place I see the dialog box, what should I look for to get more clue? repo.baseurl contains just the correct repository URL and I am able to use the repository with yum.
No longer a problem -- rawhide installation succeeded for me.