no, I did notice the 4/5 difference and used the correct url... I took a look with the browser before I entered it into the install process, so I'm at a loss here...
From: "Brian D. Carlstrom" bdc@carlstrom.com Reply-To: "Brian D. Carlstrom" bdc@carlstrom.com Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:51:05 -0700 To: Erick Calder e@arix.com Cc: fedora-ppc@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Bordeaux fails install
Erick Calder writes:
I tried your suggestion but get:
"Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a 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."
grr... what next?
Perhaps try the correct URL, which is not what I provided. oops! :) NOTE I had a 4, not a 5, for the fedora core version.
I just checked and this is a real file: http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/5/ppc/os/repodata/primary.xml.gz so you need to enter mirrors.kernel.org /fedora/core/5/ppc/os in the installer.
From: "Brian D. Carlstrom" bdc@carlstrom.com Reply-To: "Brian D. Carlstrom" bdc@carlstrom.com Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:44:31 -0700 To: Erick Calder e@arix.com Cc: fedora-ppc@lists.infradead.org Subject: Bordeaux fails install
Erick Calder writes:
I then tried a network install, in case the drive had problems. I attempted an FTP-based install but with similar results.
I've done a half dozen G5 DVD installs of FC5 ppc without significant issues (the only real one is that yaboot doesn't work on a G5 2.0GHz we have.
I also have done two network installs, one a fresh install on ppc and the other an ugprade install on i386. For ppc try HTTP to mirrors.kernel.org:fedora/core/4/ppc/os/. In the network installs I just used the rescue CD.
-bri