Problems providing RHEL6 by Cobbler

Hello,

i am trying to add RHEL6 to Cobbler (2.0.3.1). I started using --> cobbler import
--name=RHEL6 --path=/rhel6-dvd

The importprocess completed successfully so that i was going on to install the first
rhel6-system.
Within the installprocess the installations stops with the following Error:
"Unable to read package metadata......
Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)...."

By switching the console (ALT+F3) i found the reason for this error.
Anaconda is searching the repomd.xml in a wrong directory
(http://123.456.789.10/cblr/links/RHEL6-64-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml), which was not
created by cobbler import and is also not at the original DVD-ISO.

Is there a solution for this case or what am i doing wrong?

Thanks in advance and best regards
Thorben

[Christian Horn]

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:28:39AM +0100, Thorben.Erichsen(a)kba.de wrote:
>  
>  i am trying to add RHEL6 to Cobbler (2.0.3.1). I started 
>  using --> cobbler import --name=RHEL6 --path=/rhel6-dvd 
rhel6 works fine for me after
- loopback-mounting the media
- making a copy of that directory
- using 'cobbler distro add', 'cobbler profile add'.
'cobbler repo add' etc.
- using 'cobbler sync

Christian

AW: Problems providing RHEL6 by Cobbler

Adding RHEL6 manually does not change the situation. I have tested it. The Problem is the
same,... Anaconda could not find die repomd.xml inside of the - not existing -
"repodata"-Directory. There is no directory named "repodata" only an
empty file. That must be the reason, but i does not know how to fix it.

Thorben
 

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On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:28:39AM +0100, Thorben.Erichsen(a)kba.de wrote:
>  
>  i am trying to add RHEL6 to Cobbler (2.0.3.1). I started 
>  using --> cobbler import --name=RHEL6 --path=/rhel6-dvd 
rhel6 works fine for me after
- loopback-mounting the media
- making a copy of that directory
- using 'cobbler distro add', 'cobbler profile add'.
'cobbler repo add' etc.
- using 'cobbler sync

Christian
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AW: Problems providing RHEL6 by Cobbler

[Jason Blackader]

 <Thorben.Erichsen <at> kba.de> writes:
>  
>  Adding RHEL6 manually does not change the situation. I have tested it. The  
Problem
is the same,... Anaconda
>  could not find die repomd.xml inside of the - not existing -
> "repodata"- 
Directory. There is no directory
>  named "repodata" only an empty file. That must be the
> reason, but i does not  
know how to fix it.
>  
>  Thorben
>   
I've ran into the same problem.  I'm using Altiris, not Cobbler.
The problem is with the RHEL6 distro.  The empty 'repodata' file is not where 
the 'repodata' directory is.
 
Here is a lead i found:  http://www.bizzarscripts.com/rhel-6-install-from-web-
server/
 
I copied the repodata folder from rhel6-x86_64-dvd/Server/repodata to rhel6-
x86_64-dvd/repodata, if you're serving ftp from linux, you could probably make 
a link. After I copied the folder, the anaconda metadata error went away.  
Now I'm on to debugging kickstart program groups.. joy!

Hopefully, the team at RedHat learns about the differences in this distro 
before they release 6.1.

-jason