Dell OMSA repository setup errors

[Mukarram Syed]

Thanks Christian.

This is an RPM and the cpio error is coming from the RPM
dell-omsa-repository-2-4.noarch.rpm.
I could download the RPM and install it manually and I get the same error.
Now, how do I tweak the cpio command in the rpm? Or the RPM is calling the
cpio command on my system to extract the RPM?
Either way, how do I make it work?

Thanks for your response.

# mukarram

-----Original Message-----
From: christian.peper at kpn.com [mailto:christian.peper at kpn.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:45 AM
To: muksyed at stanford.edu
Subject: RE: Dell OMSA repository setup errors

> -----Original Message-----
> #  wget -q -O - 
> http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | 
> bash Downloading GPG key:
> http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/RPM-GPG-KEY-dell
>     Importing key into RPM.
> Downloading GPG key:
> http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/RPM-GPG-KEY-libsmbios
>     Importing key into RPM.
> Downloading repository RPM
> Installing repository rpm:
> http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/platform_independen
> t/rh40/prereq/
> dell-omsa-repository-2-4.noarch.rpm
> error: unpacking of archive failed: cpio: read failed - No 
> such file or directory
> 
> # which cpio
> /bin/cpio

IMHO this says the cpio command can't read a file, not that the cpio
can't be found. Check the parameter to cpio...

BTW, I had similar issues with Oracle Linux 4u5 and had to tweak the
installer to allow for some additional OS strings. I read the log file
and resolved issues mentioned there one by one until it worked. That is,
the install worked fine, but the system wouldn't start properly.

Chris.