F11 - F12 from DVD: error; unable to read package metadata
Hi all, I would like to upgrade an existing F11 system to F12. However, the installer throws up an error message: Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been properly generated. Cannot retrieve repository data (respond.xml) for respository anaconda-InstallationRepo-200911081904-x86_64. Please verify its path and try again. I've seen this the last few Fedora upgrades. As a result, I usually end up doing the upgrade with yum. However this time I am changing architecture (686-86_64) and would prefer to do it from the DVD, as I don't believe that using yum to do this is supported. Thanks. - Colin Brace Amsterdam http://lim.nl -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/F11--%3E-F12-from-DVD%3A-error--unable-to-read-package-metadata-tp26530686p26530686.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F11 - F12 from DVD: error; unable to read package metadata
On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 07:05 -0800, Colin Brace wrote: Hi all, I would like to upgrade an existing F11 system to F12. However, the installer throws up an error message: Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been properly generated. Cannot retrieve repository data (respond.xml) for respository anaconda-InstallationRepo-200911081904-x86_64. Please verify its path and try again. I've seen this the last few Fedora upgrades. As a result, I usually end up doing the upgrade with yum. However this time I am changing architecture (686-86_64) and would prefer to do it from the DVD, as I don't believe that using yum to do this is supported. did you verify the DVD so that it properly matches the sha256sum? Generally I burn these things at the slowest rate possible so I have least likelihood of problems in whatever cd/dvd reader I put it into. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F11 - F12 from DVD: error; unable to read package metadata
Craig White-6 wrote: did you verify the DVD so that it properly matches the sha256sum? If you are asking whether I chose the verify disk first option in the DVD menu, yes, I always do this. - Colin Brace Amsterdam http://lim.nl -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/F11--%3E-F12-from-DVD%3A-error--unable-to-read-package-metadata-tp26530686p26530803.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F11 - F12 from DVD: error; unable to read package metadata
Colin Brace wrote: Hi all, I would like to upgrade an existing F11 system to F12. However, the installer throws up an error message: Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been properly generated. Cannot retrieve repository data (respond.xml) for respository anaconda-InstallationRepo-200911081904-x86_64. Please verify its path and try again. I've seen this the last few Fedora upgrades. As a result, I usually end up doing the upgrade with yum. However this time I am changing architecture (686-86_64) and would prefer to do it from the DVD, as I don't believe that using yum to do this is supported. Thanks. Try starting the install again, but skip the disk check this time. I have one machine that has this problem - it can no longer access the DVD after the media check. But if I reboot, and skip the check, it works. (The DVD passes the check.) I keep meaning to look into this, and get enough details for a bug report. But I start playing with the new version, and I forget about it again. Just to make things interesting, The same DVD works in another machine after doing the check, so it is something about the first machine. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
