Re: RHEL 4 anaconda-runtime installing RHEL 5 system

[John Summerfield <debian herakles homelinux org>]

Andres Barcenas wrote:
> I was able to generate the hdlist and the pkgorder by mounting the RPMS 
> folder via NFS and running:
>
> On the PXE server:
>
> /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/genhdlist --hdlist 
> /var/os/redhat/linux/rhel-5-es/en/os/i386-stock/RedHat/base/hdlist 
> --productpath RedHat /var/os/redhat/linux/rhel-5-es/en/os/i386-stock/
>
> and ran some others commands to create the metadata file, etc... but I 
> am having the following problem:
>
> Unable to read package metadata: This may be due to a missing repodata 
> directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly 
> generated. Cannot open/read repomd.ex file for repository. 
> anaconda-base-200702081624.i386.
>
> I am not sure where is the image is trying to get the metadata from. Do 
> you know exactly where should I put the metadata folder?
>
> is this even possible to do ?

What part of Jeremy's "no" do you not understand? Jeremy is the foremost 
expert on this, trust him.


> I am hoping I can get by with this.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> > From: Jeremy Katz <katzj redhat com>
> > Reply-To: Discussion of Development and Customization of the Red Hat 
> > Linux Installer <anaconda-devel-list redhat com>
> > To: Discussion of Development and Customization of the Red Hat Linux 
> > Installer <anaconda-devel-list redhat com>
> > Subject: Re: RHEL 4 anaconda-runtime installing RHEL 5 system
> > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:54:31 -0400
> >
> > On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 17:23 +0000, Andres Barcenas wrote:
> > > Is it possible to use anaconda from RHEL 3 to install RHEL 5?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
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