F8->F9 preupgrade hung at "downloading installer metadata..."

[Rahul Sundaram]

Chris Bredesen wrote:
> This is the third time I've run up to this point, and it's gone for as 
> long as 15-20min without moving.  Here's the console output thus far:
> 
> $ sudo preupgrade
> No package matched to remove
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/preupgrade/preupgrade-gtk.py", line 198, in 
> on_assistant_apply
>     self._do_main()
>   File "/usr/share/preupgrade/preupgrade-gtk.py", line 206, in _do_main
>     self.main_preupgrade()
>   File "/usr/share/preupgrade/preupgrade-gtk.py", line 349, in 
> main_preupgrade
>     self.pu.retrieve_treeinfo()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/preupgrade/__init__.py", line 
> 390, in retrieve_treeinfo
>     raise PUError, "Cannot find any kernel/initrd section for this arch 
> in treeinfo"
> preupgrade.PUError: Cannot find any kernel/initrd section for this arch 
> in treeinfo
> 
> Anyone else seeing this?  Are the mirrors just overloaded?

This is a known reported bug. Refer fedora-test list discussions for 
details.

Rahul