Kickstart over network with custom ISO fails with "unable to read package metadata" error

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Issue

  • end up with following error, whenever trying to kickstart Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6:

    Unable to read package Metadata.  This may be due to a missing repodata directory.   Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated.
 failure: repodata/5a0e8713a66a3a0b4dbada30fd3a0b1e9e6fceba8c92c79a77b810399135267e-primary.sqllite.bz2 from anaconda-base-200908190312.x86_64:
 [Errno 256]  No more mirrors to try.

  • no issues when kickstarting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • custom kickstart ISO

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