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