Greetings; This is the yum from a download about 3 weeks old, and has been working till today AFAIK, didn't check yesterday, no network here. [root@coyote root]# yum update Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base Damaged or Bad header.info from Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base This is probably because of a downed server or an invalid header.info on a repository. So, is the server down? It hung after the word 'Base' for quite a while. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.