On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 10:16:47PM +0100, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am So, den 07.03.2004 schrieb Swamper um 21:59: > > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 09:26:04PM +0100, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > Am So, den 07.03.2004 schrieb Swamper um 20:12: > > > > > > > It took almost 24hrs to do the initial update on my laptop > > > > > > And you really make use of mirror server(s) as source? > > > > I was afraid to make any changes... just typed yum -y update and > > headed to the beach. > > Well, then no wonder ... The fact was discussed so many time now. See > > http://fedoranews.org/contributors/alexander_dalloz/mirror/ > > I some time ago tried to explain what to do and even why. Thank you; your site is just what I need at this point. I just installed test 1 this weekend and have only been reading this list since yesterday. Getting any distribution to work on my desktop hasn't been a problem but my laptop has always been quite finicky. Fedora is the first one that looks like it might actually work. It's a Sony VAIO GRX560, btw.