install error: unable to read package metadata

[Gianluca Cecchi]

same errors after rsynced today... with  kernel-2.6.15-1.2032_FC5 and
anaconda-11.0.1-1
do I have to recreate anything at my side? or pxe+nfs is broken for
daily snapshots?
I skip debug and SRPMS directory under tree but I think this doesn't matter...
Gianluca


On 3/8/06, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to install via pxe+nfs from rsync of yesterday on x86 and I
> get this error window during anaconda:
> unable to read package metadata. this may be due
> to a missing repodata. Please ensure that your
> install tree has been correctly
> generated. failure: repodata/comps.xml  from anaconda:
> [errno 256] no more mirrors to try
> switching to the shell with Ctrl+Alt+F2, I see inside anaconda.log in
> /tmp I have
> [snip]
> 10:42:24 INFO    : NFS install method detected, will use RHupdates/
> 10:42:24 INFO    : Running anaconda script /usr/bin/anaconda
> 10:42:27 INFO    : Display mode = g
> 10:42:27 INFO    : Method = nfs://mnt/source/.
> 10:42:44 INFO    : Started mini-wm
> 10:42:44 INFO    : Starting graphical installation...
> 10:42:45 INFO    : anaconda floppy device None
> 10:42:45 DEBUG   : self.driveList(): ['sda', 'sdb']
> 10:42:45 DEBUG   : DiskSet.skippedDisks: []
> 10:42:45 DEBUG   : DiskSet.skippedDisks: []
> 10:42:45 DEBUG   : starting all dmraids on drives ['sda', 'sdb']
> 10:42:45 DEBUG   : scanning for dmraid on drives ['sda', 'sdb']
> 10:42:45 WARNING : Couldnt lookup monitor type Smart Cable.
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step partitionmethod does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step partitionmethodsetup does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step autopartition does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step readcomps does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step selectlangpackages does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step handleX11pkgs does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step handlemiscpkgs does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step fixupconditionals does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step complete does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step complete does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step complete does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step complete does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step complete does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step complete does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step complete does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step complete does not exist
> 10:42:45 WARNING : step complete does not exist
> 10:42:46 INFO    : moving (1) to step partitionobjinit
> 10:42:46 DEBUG   : self.driveList(): ['sda', 'sdb']
> 10:42:46 DEBUG   : DiskSet.skippedDisks: []
> 10:42:46 DEBUG   : DiskSet.skippedDisks: []
> 10:42:46 INFO    : moving (1) to step autopartitionexecute
> 10:42:46 INFO    : moving (1) to step partitiondone
> 10:42:46 INFO    : moving (1) to step bootloadersetup
> 10:42:46 INFO    : moving (1) to step networkdevicecheck
> 10:42:46 INFO    : moving (1) to step reposetup
> 10:42:47 INFO    : anaconda
>         [1/1]
> 10:42:47 ERROR   : reading package metadata: failure:
> repodata/comps.xml from anaconda: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
>
> df -k gives:
> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev                   1948452         0   1948452   0% /dev
> 192.168.0.110:/fc5nfs
>                       14200000   9822368   3644672  73% /mnt/source
> /tmp/loop0               70720     70720         0 100% /mnt/runtime
>  and I can edit /mnt/source/repodata/comps.xml ....
>
> Is this a problem on my part about rsync or what?
> How can I dig into this?
>