On 05/26/2010 12:51 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 11:07 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> I downloaded the F13 final ISO image for x86_64 using Bittorrent, >> verified the SHA254 checksum, burned the DVD, rebooted, verified the >> media, and attempted to upgrade. >> >> I get this message immediately after selecting the install drive and >> hitting Next: >> >> Error >> Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing >> repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has >> been correctly generated. >> >> Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: >> anaconda-InstallationRepo-201005130101.x86_64. Please verify its >> path and try again. >> >> I rebooted and rechecked the media, and did it all again, with the same >> result. >> >> Two points here: >> >> 1) This appears to be something missing from the DVD, in which case it's >> surprising it hasn't been noticed before. Maybe I'm the first to try >> upgrading a x86_64 system from DVD? >> >> 2) The error message is of little practical use to average user. "Please >> ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated"? How? Verify >> the path? WTF? > > Further to the above, I decided to try installing from the hard disk. > The Installation Guide says you can use "linux askmethod" at boot time > to point to an image of the installation DVD. What it doesn't say > clearly enough is that you can't do this by booting the DVD itself (why > on Earth not?). I finally figured I needed a Boot CD-ROM, so off I go to > the "images" directory on the DVD to copy it. > > However nothing in that directory is labelled as an .iso image file. The > README talks about "boot.iso" but there is no such file on the entire > DVD (I verified with "find"). > > This is all turning out to be far harder than it should be. I've > upgraded every version of Fedora since at least FC7 and never had this > much trouble. Wasn't this supposed to be getting easier? > > Now I'm left wondering if I can configure the DVD image as a repo and > somehow use Preupgrade on it. Shouldn't this be an option in any case? > > poc > I actually upgraded my laptop from f12 x86_64 --> f13 x86_64 last night with no problem at all...bad mirror download maybe? -- Jake Walters Systems Administrator Red Hat, Inc +1 919-890-8105 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
