Greetings. There must be some minor changes to anaconda. I'm getting the error: "Cannot open repomd.xml file...." the file seems to be located in the repodata directory... I'm using the following .cf taken directly from the CentOS 4.4 install : install url --url ftp://centos.westmancom.com/5.0/os/i386/ #cdrom lang en_US.UTF-8 langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 keyboard us network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.1.165 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.1.1 --hostname eagle.mydomain.com firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp --port=80:tcp --port=21:tcp --port=25:tcp --port=443:tcp selinux --disabled authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 timezone America/Vancouver zerombr yes bootloader --location=mbr clearpart --all --initlabel part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=1000 --ondisk=sda part /var --fstype ext3 --size=12000 --ondisk=sda --asprimary part /usr --fstype ext3 --size=3000 --ondisk=sdb part / --fstype ext3 --size=3000 --ondisk=sda part /tmp --fstype ext3 --size=5000 --ondisk=sdb part /downloads --fstype ext3 --size=10000 --ondisk=sdb part /d1 --fstype ext3 --size=45000 --ondisk=sdb --grow --asprimary part /backup --fstype ext3 --size=45000 --ondisk=sda --grow --asprimary part swap --size=2000 --ondisk=sdb %packages mdadm grub kernel-smp e2fsprogs -dmraid krb5-workstation cpp glibc-headers gcc autoconf libtool libstdc++-devel sendmail-cf zlib-devel libpng-devel pango gd libgcj ncurses-devel glibc-kernheaders glibc-devel gdbm-devel automake libtool gcc-c++ flex libjpeg-devel freetype-devel atk gtk2 libart_lgpl libgcj-devel gd-devel pam-devel %post -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070413/f6ccee91/attachment-0004.html>
Crud... temporary DNS failure... things are working now! Mike wrote:> Greetings. > > There must be some minor changes to anaconda. I'm getting the error: > "Cannot open repomd.xml file...." > the file seems to be located in the repodata directory... > > I'm using the following .cf taken directly from the CentOS 4.4 install : > > install > url --url ftp://centos.westmancom.com/5.0/os/i386/ > #cdrom > lang en_US.UTF-8 > langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 > keyboard us > network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.1.165 --netmask > 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.1.1 --hostname eagle.mydomain.com > firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp --port=80:tcp --port=21:tcp > --port=25:tcp --port=443:tcp > selinux --disabled > authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 > timezone America/Vancouver > zerombr yes > bootloader --location=mbr > clearpart --all --initlabel > part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=1000 --ondisk=sda > part /var --fstype ext3 --size=12000 --ondisk=sda --asprimary > part /usr --fstype ext3 --size=3000 --ondisk=sdb > part / --fstype ext3 --size=3000 --ondisk=sda > part /tmp --fstype ext3 --size=5000 --ondisk=sdb > part /downloads --fstype ext3 --size=10000 --ondisk=sdb > part /d1 --fstype ext3 --size=45000 --ondisk=sdb --grow --asprimary > part /backup --fstype ext3 --size=45000 --ondisk=sda --grow --asprimary > part swap --size=2000 --ondisk=sdb > %packages > mdadm > grub > kernel-smp > e2fsprogs > -dmraid > krb5-workstation > cpp > glibc-headers > gcc > autoconf > libtool > libstdc++-devel > sendmail-cf > zlib-devel > libpng-devel > pango > gd > libgcj > ncurses-devel > glibc-kernheaders > glibc-devel > gdbm-devel > automake > libtool > gcc-c++ > flex > libjpeg-devel > freetype-devel > atk > gtk2 > libart_lgpl > libgcj-devel > gd-devel > pam-devel > %post > > > __________ NOD32 2187 (20070413) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > __________ NOD32 2187 (20070413) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070413/acfa3919/attachment-0004.html>
Mike wrote:> Greetings. > > There must be some minor changes to anaconda. I'm getting the error: > "Cannot open repomd.xml file...." > the file seems to be located in the repodata directory... > > I'm using the following .cf taken directly from the CentOS 4.4 install : >firstly, i dont think its a good idea to expect something from centos-4's installer to work out of the box as is, with no change to adapt to the way things are in centos-5 secondly, try a manual install, extract the ks.cfg left behind and see how things have changed. - KB