more FC6 installation blues

[Janina Sajka]

Albert E. Sten-Clanton writes:
> Last night and this afternoon, I tried to install FC6 via the Internet.  I
> used the rescue CD for booting.  I used www.speakupmodified.org for the site
> and cdroms.html for the directory.

Interesting, because that's not a directory, it's a file.
 
> I went through the partitioning process,
> choosing the boot loader, selecting dhcp, and setting the root password.
> Then, I got this message:
> 
> Error
> 
> Unable to read package metadata.  This may be due to a missing repodata
> directory.  Please ensure that your install treee has been correctly
> generated.  Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository:
> anaconda-base-200612160229.i386
> 
> Abort
> 
> I have also tried installing from a partition on the hard drive.  With the
> CD iso images, I got the missing package problem I got with the CD's I used
> last week.  (I forget which package, but I doubt it matters.) I've tried
> using the DVD iso image, as well as the dd command output from it; in both
> instances, I was told that the CD images could not be found.  (I guess the
> rescue CD wants a only CD images, at least on a hard drive.)
> 
> I have looked at both the FC6 installation guide and the FC3 on for us
> Speakup folks.  I saw nothing in either place indicating anything wrong I
> may have done.  I do not yet have a usb drive or flash device.  Anyway, as
> always, I'll appreciate any help.  If somebody knows there's no help to be
> had (knows, not merely supposes), I'll appreciate knowing that, though of
> course I won't like it.  Thanks!
> 
> Al
> 
> 
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