more FC6 installation blues

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> Interesting, because that's not a directory, it's a file.

What is the directory, or how would I get it?  I find nothing on the home
page to tell me.  Thanks!

Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: more FC6 installation blues


> 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
> >
> >
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