F9 install: anaconda fails: Unable to read package metadata.

[Phil Meyer]

Colin Brace wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I tried reinstalling F9 from the DVD on a new disk this afternoon, but
> anaconda kept failing at the point when it started installing packages:
>
> "Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodate
> directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly
> generated."
>
> Bug-buddy was then launched at this point; there was no way of changing any
> configuration, only rebooting. Eventually I installed F8, then tried
> updating from the DVD. Still the same error. For the time being, I am
> running F8 again. 
>
> Yes, I checked the media.
>
> Any ideas what is going on here?
>   

I have seen that exact symptom twice, on different versions of Fedora.  
In both cases, the system involved ended up having memory errors.

It may be time for a memtest on the system you are trying to install to.

Good Luck!