On 2010/03/17 09:42 (GMT-0700) Jesse Keating composed: > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 11:53 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >> I just did a minimal via http (mirrors.kernel.org). First thing on first >> login I did 'mc'. -bash: mc: command not found, followed by 'yum install mc', >> resulting in 'Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for >> repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again.' Also, '-bash: man: >> command not found'. This minimal is really too minimal. >> I see in /etc/yum no *.repo files. >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546273 suggests no solution. >> Where are *.repo supposed to be? Why after over a month since that bug was >> filed doesn't yum just work on a fresh install? How can I fix this without an >> install do-over not minimal? > Hrm, you have no repo files? repo files come from fedora-release and > fedora-release-rawhide. Do you have those packages installed? You > should. # rpm -qa | grep edora fedora-release-13-0.6.noarch fedora-logos-12.0.3-2.fc13.noarch > Also your network may not come up until you do a dhclient or whatever is > necessary for your network device to be brought up, which may be why you > couldn't get repo data. My installation boot stanza: title Install Fedora 13 (hd0,10) kernel (hd0,6)/f13inst/vmlinuz vga=0x305 asknetwork blacklist=sata_sil dns=207.6... gateway=192.1... graphical ip=192.1... netmask=255.255.255.0 noipv6 nousb selinux=0 resolution=1024x768 xdriver=intel initrd (hd0,6)/f13inst/initrd.img >From this I expected an initial fixed IP configuration ready to work, but ipconfig shows otherwise. :-( ifup eth0 gets it up, but using DHCP. > You also didn't specify whether you did a minimal install of rawhide, or > branched, as they will get different repos. http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/development/13/i386/os/ After manual ifup and installing fedora-release-rawhide yum is working. I forgot to try yum only after ifup but before manual fedora-release-rawhide installation. Thanks! :-) -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
