Bordeaux fails install

[Brian D. Carlstrom]

Erick Calder writes:
 > I tried your suggestion but get:
 > 
 > "Unable to read package metadata.  This may be due to a missing repodata
 > directory.  Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly
 > generated.  Failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from anaconda: [Errno: 256].
 > No more mirrors to try."
 > 
 > grr... what next?

Perhaps try the correct URL, which is not what I provided. oops! :)
NOTE I had a 4, not a 5, for the fedora core version. 

I just checked and this is a real file:
    http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/5/ppc/os/repodata/primary.xml.gz
so you need to enter
   mirrors.kernel.org
   /fedora/core/5/ppc/os
in the installer.

 > 
 > > From: "Brian D. Carlstrom" <bdc at carlstrom.com>
 > > Reply-To: "Brian D. Carlstrom" <bdc at carlstrom.com>
 > > Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:44:31 -0700
 > > To: Erick Calder <e at arix.com>
 > > Cc: <fedora-ppc at lists.infradead.org>
 > > Subject: Bordeaux fails install
 > > 
 > > Erick Calder writes:
 > >> I then tried a network install, in case the drive had problems.  I attempted
 > >> an FTP-based install but with similar results.
 > > 
 > > I've done a half dozen G5 DVD installs of FC5 ppc without significant
 > > issues (the only real one is that yaboot doesn't work on a G5 2.0GHz we
 > > have.
 > > 
 > > I also have done two network installs, one a fresh install on ppc and
 > > the other an ugprade install on i386. For ppc try HTTP to
 > > mirrors.kernel.org:fedora/core/4/ppc/os/. In the network installs I just
 > > used the rescue CD.
 > > 
 > > -bri
 > 
 >