Okay, with OSCAR_VERBOSE=5, see at the end. I was not trying to use a URL for the Oscar RPMs, and indeed the common-rpms directory is populated with what it should have. It is the distro_repo that Oscar is getting confused about, since it never looks at what's inside the URL.
============================================================================= == Running OSCAR wizard_prep script ============================================================================= Available Distro Pools: $VAR1 = 'fedora-6-i386'; $VAR2 = { 'url' => '/tftpboot/distro/fedora-6-i386.url', 'oscar_repo' => '/tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms,/tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386', 'distro_repo' => 'http://giordano.mit.edu/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/', 'os' => { 'compat_distro' => 'fc', 'compat_distrover' => '6', 'distro' => 'fedora', 'pkg' => 'rpm', 'arch' => 'i386', 'distro_version' => '6' } }; --> Bootstrapping OSCAR smart package manager OSCAR pkg path: /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms,/tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386 Distro pkg path: http://giordano.mit.edu/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ Prereq paths: /root/OSCAR/oscar/packages/yume,/root/OSCAR/oscar/share/prereqs/packmanfound matching block [fedora.*:5|6|7:.*] found matching block [.*:.*:.*] Following packages will be removed: Following packages will be installed: perl-IO-Tty python-urlgrabber python-elementtree yum createrepo yume packman-depman packman-depman-rpms Following shell commands will be executed: Executing: rpm -q perl-IO-Tty >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q python-urlgrabber >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q python-elementtree >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q yum >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q createrepo >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q yume >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q packman-depman >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q packman-depman-rpms >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q perl-IO-Tty >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q python-urlgrabber >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q python-elementtree >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q yum >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q createrepo >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q yume >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q packman-depman >/dev/null 2>&1 Executing: rpm -q packman-depman-rpms >/dev/null 2>&1 --> Checking OSCAR repositories existence. Preparing pools: /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms Analysing /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms Pool format: rpms Binary package format for the image: rpms --- checking md5sum for /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms Checksumming directory /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms Executing: find . -follow -type f \( -name '*.rpm' -o -name '*.deb' \) -printf "%p %s %u %g %m %t\n" | sort | md5sum - Checksum was: f7d3f0c7fb1abe7e4beaf2236f9a90e7 Current checksum (/root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_common-rpms.md5): f7d3f0c7fb1abe7e4beaf2236f9a90e7 Read checksum file /root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_common-rpms.md5: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e Old checksum (/root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_common-rpms.md5): d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e Preparing pools: /tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386 Analysing /tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386 Pool format: rpms Binary package format for the image: rpms --- checking md5sum for /tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386 Checksumming directory /tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386 Executing: find . -follow -type f \( -name '*.rpm' -o -name '*.deb' \) -printf "%p %s %u %g %m %t\n" | sort | md5sum - Checksum was: cf32ecef05eef188af42ea0e89008109 Current checksum (/root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_fc-6-i386.md5): cf32ecef05eef188af42ea0e89008109 Read checksum file /root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_fc-6-i386.md5: cf32ecef05eef188af42ea0e89008109 Old checksum (/root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_fc-6-i386.md5): cf32ecef05eef188af42ea0e89008109 Detected OSCAR::PackMan, using smart mode OSCAR pkg path: /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms,/tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386 Distro pkg path: http://giordano.mit.edu/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ Prereq paths: /root/OSCAR/oscar/share/prereqs/basePreparing pools: /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms,/tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386 http://giordano.mit.edu/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ Analysing /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms Pool format: rpms Analysing /tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386 Pool format: rpms Analysing http://giordano.mit.edu/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ Pool format: debs ERROR: 2 Mix of RPM and Deb pools (rpms vs. ), we do not know how to deal with that! at /root/OSCAR/oscar/scripts/install_prereq line 103 Binary package format for the image: debs --- checking md5sum for /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms Checksumming directory /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms Executing: find . -follow -type f \( -name '*.rpm' -o -name '*.deb' \) -printf "%p %s %u %g %m %t\n" | sort | md5sum - Checksum was: f7d3f0c7fb1abe7e4beaf2236f9a90e7 Current checksum (/root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_common-rpms.md5): f7d3f0c7fb1abe7e4beaf2236f9a90e7 Read checksum file /root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_common-rpms.md5: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e Old checksum (/root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_common-rpms.md5): d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e --- checking md5sum for /tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386 Checksumming directory /tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386 Executing: find . -follow -type f \( -name '*.rpm' -o -name '*.deb' \) -printf "%p %s %u %g %m %t\n" | sort | md5sum - Checksum was: cf32ecef05eef188af42ea0e89008109 Current checksum (/root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_fc-6-i386.md5): cf32ecef05eef188af42ea0e89008109 Read checksum file /root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_fc-6-i386.md5: cf32ecef05eef188af42ea0e89008109 Old checksum (/root/OSCAR/oscar/tmp/pool_oscar_fc-6-i386.md5): cf32ecef05eef188af42ea0e89008109 --- checking md5sum for http://giordano.mit.edu/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ ... remote repo, no check needed. found matching block [fedora:.*:.*] Following packages will be removed: tftp-server.i?86 lam Following packages will be installed: apr apr-util dhcp gd nfs-utils openssh openssh-clients openssh-server openssl tcpdump xinetd httpd php-pear php expat python zlib zlib-devel shadow-utils libcap ntp xmlstarlet Following shell commands will be executed: $OSCAR_HOME/scripts/system-sanity smartly removing: tftp-server.i?86,lam Cannot exec(rapt --repo /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms --repo /tftpboot/oscar/fc-6-i386 --repo http://giordano.mit.edu/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ -y remove tftp-server.i?86 lam): No such file or directory at /usr/bin/ptty_try line 90. 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