Albert E. Sten-Clanton writes: > Last night and this afternoon, I tried to install FC6 via the Internet. I > used the rescue CD for booting. I used www.speakupmodified.org for the site > and cdroms.html for the directory. Interesting, because that's not a directory, it's a file. > I went through the partitioning process, > choosing the boot loader, selecting dhcp, and setting the root password. > Then, I got this message: > > Error > > Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata > directory. Please ensure that your install treee has been correctly > generated. Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: > anaconda-base-200612160229.i386 > > Abort > > I have also tried installing from a partition on the hard drive. With the > CD iso images, I got the missing package problem I got with the CD's I used > last week. (I forget which package, but I doubt it matters.) I've tried > using the DVD iso image, as well as the dd command output from it; in both > instances, I was told that the CD images could not be found. (I guess the > rescue CD wants a only CD images, at least on a hard drive.) > > I have looked at both the FC6 installation guide and the FC3 on for us > Speakup folks. I saw nothing in either place indicating anything wrong I > may have done. I do not yet have a usb drive or flash device. Anyway, as > always, I'll appreciate any help. If somebody knows there's no help to be > had (knows, not merely supposes), I'll appreciate knowing that, though of > course I won't like it. Thanks! > > Al > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.595.7777 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
