Missing repodata files

Itamar Reis Peixoto itamar at ispbrasil.com.br
Mon Oct 17 08:46:38 UTC 2011


On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
<caf at omen.com> wrote:
> I finally figured out how to make pxeboot work with dnsmasq.
> I can loop mount a DVD image of Fedora 16 TC1 and do a
> diskless install.
>
> I can also do a diskless install without askmethod.  In this case
> Anaconda apparently gets the files from the cloud, albeit
> relatively slowly.
>
> However, if I try to use a local copy of the Fedora 16 tree the
> install complains it can't find a repodata file and quits.
>
> /usr/bin/rsync   --verbose -u -t --delete --progress  --stats --archive \
>    mirrors.kernel.org::fedora/development/16/x86_64/os /z/fc16
>
> What am I doing wrong to cause required repodata file(s) to be missing?
>
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> Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
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>

I have tried to setup it via pxe too and I have noted the missing repodata too.


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