adding this made it work > yum : > [fedora-stable] > name=Fedora Linux / stable for Red Hat Linux > $releasever (0.94) > baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/redhat/0.94/$basearch/yum/stable/ > gpgcheck=1 > failovermethod=priority not quite sure why as it was different as I had this: [fedora-stable] name=Fedora Stable baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/redhat/0.94/i386/yum/stable > > And you keep using, _0.95_ os repository. now very sure why it just worked.. but it did: [fedora-os] name=Fedora OS baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/redhat/0.94/i386/yum/os For the moment I shall grab what I need then play more to understand. ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk