{"id":4399,"date":"2015-03-20T17:04:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T09:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rmohan.com\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2015-03-20T17:04:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T09:04:59","slug":"kick-start-install-centos-6-5-install-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/?p=4399","title":{"rendered":"Kick start install CentOS 6.5 Install Problem Unable to read group information from repositories."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"https:\/\/apis.google.com\/_\/scs\/apps-static\/_\/js\/k=oz.gapi.en_GB.4_mrn3K1Bxs.O\/m=comments\/exm=auth,follow,gapi_iframes,gapi_iframes_style_bubble,gapi_iframes_style_slide_menu,plusone,profile\/rt=j\/sv=1\/d=1\/ed=1\/am=MQ\/rs=AGLTcCMg1VqCEVj2U0PdzVc6FVF8rGqPlw\/t=zcms\/cb=gapi.loaded_5\" async=\"\"><\/script>\u00a0CentOS 6.5 Install Problem<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar _gaq = _gaq || [];\n      _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-23627546-4']);\n      _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);\n      (function() {\n        var ga = document.createElement('script');\n        ga.type = 'text\/javascript';\n        ga.async = true;\n        ga.src = (document.location.protocol == 'https:' ?\n                  'https:\/\/ssl' : 'http:\/\/www') + '.google-analytics.com\/ga.js';\n        var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);\n      })();\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar a=\"indexOf\",b=\"&#038;m=1\",e=\"(^|&#038;)m=\",f=\"?\",g=\"?m=1\";function h(){var c=window.location.href,d=c.split(f);switch(d.length){case 1:return c+g;case 2:return 0<=d[1].search(e)?null:c+b;default:return null}}var k=navigator.userAgent;if(-1!=k[a](\"Mobile\")&#038;&#038;-1!=k[a](\"WebKit\")&#038;&#038;-1==k[a](\"iPad\")||-1!=k[a](\"Opera Mini\")||-1!=k[a](\"IEMobile\")){var l=h();l&#038;&#038;window.location.replace(l)};\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nif (window.jstiming) window.jstiming.load.tick('headEnd');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/google_top_exp.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/uds\/?file=search&amp;v=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;async=2\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/uds\/api\/search\/1.0\/23952f7483f1bca4119a89c020d13def\/default+en_GB.I.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"content-outer\">\n<div class=\"fauxborder-left content-fauxborder-left\">\n<div class=\"content-inner\">\n<div class=\"main-outer\">\n<div class=\"fauxborder-left main-fauxborder-left\">\n<div class=\"region-inner main-inner\">\n<div class=\"columns fauxcolumns\">\n<div class=\"columns-inner\">\n<div class=\"column-center-outer\">\n<div class=\"column-center-inner\">\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"main section\">\n<div id=\"Blog1\" class=\"widget Blog\">\n<div class=\"blog-posts hfeed\">\n<div class=\"date-outer\">\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">CentOS 6.5 Install Problem<\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-header\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-9077450053193302369\" class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I have recently installed CentOS 6.5 on a couple of computers, once without any problems and once with a fatal hang during install. \u00a0With both installs I chose to overwrite any existing partitions and use the whole hard-drive.The problem during the failed install happened as the new partitions were being created. An error window including &#8216;Unable to read group information from repositories&#8217; had a Retry button that did nothing. Google was no help (other than to say it might be a DVD read problem) but with some persistence I found a straight-forward solution.<\/p>\n<p>If you get this error, power off the computer then start the installation process again. This time choose to overwrite an existing installation and CentOS will install without this problem recurring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> CentOS 6.5 Install Problem\/\/ \/\/ \/\/ <\/p>\n<p> CentOS 6.5 Install Problem I have recently installed CentOS 6.5 on a couple of computers, once without any problems and once with a fatal hang during install. 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