Re: [CentOS] HELP! Group info problem

--- Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:

I just tried an install from my local repo (boot from CD 1, use http method), and it failed right after entering the root password setting with:

Unable to read group information from repositories. This is a problem with the generation of your install tree.

Reboot

So now what? Is there something I can just extract from the isos?

Robert,

#cd /pathtorepo/5/i386 #createrepo -g ./repodata/comps.xml ./

#cd ../x86_64/ #createrepo -g ./repodata/comps.xml ./

the -g param will setup group data for your repo. This works for me -- adjust the $releasever (mycase=5) for your repo.