Tried my first CentOS 6 install on a system currently running 5.6. My attempt was not an upgrade, but a full re-format. I have verified the checksums of the ISO and did the pre-install disk verify and everything checked out. However after the screen for setting up the bootloader I get the following error
"Unable to read group information from repositories. This is a problem with the generation of your install tree"
With my only options being "Exit Install" and "Retry", but of course "Retry" continues to fail with the same message.
Basically I chose the first option in the menu for the DVD, install / upgrade, went through all the settings, did a custom layout for partitioning. I basically told the installer to re-format my ext3 partitions to ext4 and set the mount points for / , /boot and swap. Then after selecting "Next" from the bootloader configuration is when I get the above error.
Thanks - Trey
Trey Dockendorf wrote:
Tried my first CentOS 6 install on a system currently running 5.6. My attempt was not an upgrade, but a full re-format. I have verified the checksums of the ISO and did the pre-install disk verify and everything checked out. However after the screen for setting up the bootloader I get the following error
"Unable to read group information from repositories. This is a problem with the generation of your install tree"
With my only options being "Exit Install" and "Retry", but of course "Retry" continues to fail with the same message.
Basically I chose the first option in the menu for the DVD, install / upgrade, went through all the settings, did a custom layout for partitioning. I basically told the installer to re-format my ext3 partitions to ext4 and set the mount points for / , /boot and swap. Then after selecting "Next" from the bootloader configuration is when I get the above error.
1. Was this i386 or x86_64? 2. Have you run Media test od DVD('s) in system in question? Maybe DVD drive can not read them right. Especially if you used higher speed to burn the disk. I would recommend slow burning like 4x when you burn OS DVD's (and 16x for CD's).
And have you by any chance tried the same DVD('s) on any other system?
Ljubomir
This was 64 bit install and the media checks were good. I also successfully used the same install media on another system. Ill try the suggestions and see if the drive is having problems. On Jul 13, 2011 1:27 AM, "Ljubomir Ljubojevic" office@plnet.rs wrote:
Trey Dockendorf wrote:
Tried my first CentOS 6 install on a system currently running 5.6. My attempt was not an upgrade, but a full re-format. I have verified the checksums of the ISO and did the pre-install disk verify and everything checked out. However after the screen for setting up the bootloader I get the following error
"Unable to read group information from repositories. This is a problem with the generation of your install tree"
With my only options being "Exit Install" and "Retry", but of course "Retry" continues to fail with the same message.
Basically I chose the first option in the menu for the DVD, install / upgrade, went through all the settings, did a custom layout for partitioning. I basically told the installer to re-format my ext3 partitions to ext4 and set the mount points for / , /boot and swap. Then after selecting "Next" from the bootloader configuration is when I get the above error.
- Was this i386 or x86_64?
- Have you run Media test od DVD('s) in system in question? Maybe DVD
drive can not read them right. Especially if you used higher speed to burn the disk. I would recommend slow burning like 4x when you burn OS DVD's (and 16x for CD's).
And have you by any chance tried the same DVD('s) on any other system?
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This must have been an issue with my specific external dvd drive. Used netinstall disk successfully...yay centos 6!
Now where is the best place to post bugs regarding KVM in centos 6? On Jul 13, 2011 9:59 AM, "Trey Dockendorf" treydock@gmail.com wrote:
This was 64 bit install and the media checks were good. I also
successfully
used the same install media on another system. Ill try the suggestions and see if the drive is having problems. On Jul 13, 2011 1:27 AM, "Ljubomir Ljubojevic" office@plnet.rs wrote:
Trey Dockendorf wrote:
Tried my first CentOS 6 install on a system currently running 5.6. My attempt was not an upgrade, but a full re-format. I have verified the checksums of the ISO and did the pre-install disk verify and everything checked out. However after the screen for setting up the bootloader I get the following error
"Unable to read group information from repositories. This is a problem with the generation of your install tree"
With my only options being "Exit Install" and "Retry", but of course "Retry" continues to fail with the same message.
Basically I chose the first option in the menu for the DVD, install / upgrade, went through all the settings, did a custom layout for partitioning. I basically told the installer to re-format my ext3 partitions to ext4 and set the mount points for / , /boot and swap. Then after selecting "Next" from the bootloader configuration is when I get the above error.
- Was this i386 or x86_64?
- Have you run Media test od DVD('s) in system in question? Maybe DVD
drive can not read them right. Especially if you used higher speed to burn the disk. I would recommend slow burning like 4x when you burn OS DVD's (and 16x for CD's).
And have you by any chance tried the same DVD('s) on any other system?
Ljubomir _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On 07/14/2011 02:41 AM, Trey Dockendorf wrote:
Now where is the best place to post bugs regarding KVM in centos 6
bugs.centos.org - but I would highly recommend posting issues to the centos-virt list first and discussing the issues.
also, try not top posting
- KB
Trey Dockendorf wrote:
Now where is the best place to post bugs regarding KVM in centos 6?
Are you aware that there is CentOS mailinglist for Virtualization? CentOS-virt.
As for bugs, there is bugs.centos.org for reporting bugs.
Ljubomir
On 07/12/2011 07:00 PM, Trey Dockendorf wrote:
Tried my first CentOS 6 install on a system currently running 5.6. My attempt was not an upgrade, but a full re-format. I have verified the checksums of the ISO and did the pre-install disk verify and everything checked out. However after the screen for setting up the bootloader I get the following error
"Unable to read group information from repositories. This is a problem with the generation of your install tree"
With my only options being "Exit Install" and "Retry", but of course "Retry" continues to fail with the same message.
Basically I chose the first option in the menu for the DVD, install / upgrade, went through all the settings, did a custom layout for partitioning. I basically told the installer to re-format my ext3 partitions to ext4 and set the mount points for / , /boot and swap. Then after selecting "Next" from the bootloader configuration is when I get the above error.
Use ctrl-alt-F4 to switch to VT4 and view the console messages. See if the DVD drive is having problems.
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