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(a)carlstrom.com>
Reply-To: "Brian D. Carlstrom" <bdc(a)carlstrom.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:51:05 -0700
To: Erick Calder <e(a)arix.com>
Cc: <fedora-ppc(a)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(a)carlstrom.com>
>> Reply-To: "Brian D. Carlstrom" <bdc(a)carlstrom.com>
>> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:44:31 -0700
>> To: Erick Calder <e(a)arix.com>
>> Cc: <fedora-ppc(a)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
>
>