On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Michael C. Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to create a local ftp repository to install Fedora Core 5 > from on an AMD K6-2 system. I almost have it I think, but when it comes > time to find the packages I get a can't find repomd.xml error. The > server is CentOS 5.5 based and I'm trying to use CentOS's createrepo. > Question 1, is the CentOS createrepo command compatible with Fedora > Core archives? Question 2, where do the xml files need to be in the > Fedora tree? Question 3, do I need a media.repo file or something > similar? Where does a media.repo file go? Yes if you use the group option and use the group.xml file that is on the CD images. It's needed unless you want to specify things without groups. xml files go into repodata directory that createrepo makes. Normally the repodata directory is in the rpm directory. Media.repo file is for the individual discs. Not needed for a network repo. > > I can't tell from the anaconda error where it is looking for repomd.xml > file. Supposedly my repository is set up wrong, but how do I set it up > correctly? I copied the rpms from all the cd images into one RPMS > directory under Fedora, I copied the base files to Fedora/base, and > I did a createrepo in the RPMS directory. I'm at a loss and google > doesn't seem to be helping.
You will have to look at your ftp logs or turn them up high to find this. Also did you look at alt-f3 or alt-f4 terminals for details logging. You could also enable remote syslogging via syslog=x.x.x.x from the pxe line given to the kernel. Verifying the repo would be easier using yum and querying it that way. I had something last week with a ftp site that I was finding the files on the server but ftp would not work. Turns out the root of ftp server was not the root of the file system and I had the wrong path. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
