On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Tim Verhoeven wrote: > On Nov 26, 2007 3:21 PM, Hiep Nguyen <hiep at ee.ucr.edu> wrote: >> hi there, i try to install centos 5 via http, but i don't know what to put >> in when it asks for "Web site name" & "CentOS directory". can someone >> give me this info? can i used mirror.centos.org & /centos/5/os/i386/??? >> >> i only have the boot cd & i don't want to download and burn all 6 cds. > > Hi, > > Yes, mirror.centos.org as website name and centos/5/os/i386/ as > directory should work. You can also go over mirrorlist > (http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=13) and do the > same with a mirror that is close to you. > > Regards, > Tim > > -- > Tim Verhoeven - tim.verhoeven.be at gmail.com - 0479 / 88 11 83 > > Hoping the problem magically goes away by ignoring it is the > "microsoft approach to programming" and should never be allowed. > (Linus Torvalds) > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > i used mirror.steadfast.net for web site and centos/5.0/os/i386/CentOS/ for directory, but i got this error: 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 open/read repomd.xml file for repository: anaconda-base-200704101950.i386. any clue what to do. T. Hiep