F11 -> F12 from DVD: error; unable to read package metadata

Mikkel mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Fri Nov 27 02:17:28 UTC 2009


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
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for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

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