Bordeaux fails install

[Erick Calder]

no, I did notice the 4/5 difference and used the correct url... I took a
look with the browser before I entered it into the install process, so I'm
at a loss here...

> From: "Brian D. Carlstrom" <bdc at carlstrom.com>
> Reply-To: "Brian D. Carlstrom" <bdc at carlstrom.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:51:05 -0700
> To: Erick Calder <e at arix.com>
> Cc: <fedora-ppc at lists.infradead.org>
> Subject: Re: Bordeaux fails install
> 
> 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
>> 
>>