Why does anaconda throw "Unable to read package metadata" error messages during installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux using kickstart file?
Issue
- Unattended install fails with multiple errors in kickstart profile.
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Error during kickstart of client:
Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated. Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: anaconda-base-<version>.<arch>. Please verify its path and try again -
Kickstart log shows connectivity errors like the following:
CRITICAL: IOError 4 occurred getting http://<ip address>/<path>: IOError: <urlopen error (113, 'No route to host')> -
Following messages found duing installing rhel 5.5 iso from satellite server :
Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated. Cannot retrieve repository metadata(reponmd.xml) for repository: anaconda-base-201003220802.x86_64 please verify it's path and try again.
- Following options passed during booting for immediate above case :
linux ks=http://satellite.example.com/ks/cfg/org/1/label/TU_Prod2 ip=10.143.14.240 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.143.14.1 dns=10.143.10.100
Environment
- Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
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