On Saturday 03 July 2004 22:19, Robert Locke wrote: >On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 12:11, Chuck_Sterling wrote: >> One question I have is where to find "other repos". Are those in >> the list of mirrors at "fedora.redhat.com" the ones I need, or >> someplace else? And how does one determine which ones are needed >> (since there are quite a few listed there) and the exact syntax >> for adding the info? I think I see the pattern in my "stock" >> yum.conf, but if there are any tricks for adding particular >> repositories... > >Hey Chuck, > >Try the following URL: > >http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware > >Frankly, I just downloaded the yum.conf, like they recommended, and > it added a good set of repo's. > So did I, and got this when I ran a 'yum update': [root@coyote etc]# yum update Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base retrygrab() failed for: http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/1/i386/RPMS.os/headers/header.info Executing failover method Server: Fedora.us Extras (Stable) retrygrab() failed for: http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/1/i386/RPMS.stable/headers/header.info Executing failover method retrygrab() failed for: http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/1/i386/RPMS.stable/headers/header.info Executing failover method retrygrab() failed for: http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/1/i386/RPMS.stable/headers/header.info Executing failover method retrygrab() failed for: http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/1/i386/RPMS.stable/headers/header.info Executing failover method retrygrab() failed for: http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/1/i386/RPMS.stable/headers/header.info Executing failover method failover: out of servers to try Error getting file http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/1/i386/RPMS.stable/headers/header.info [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found [root@coyote etc]# What do I check next? -- Cheers, Gene There are 4 boxes to be used in defense of liberty. Soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order, starting now. -Ed Howdershelt, Author Additions to this message made by Gene Heskett are Copyright 2004, Maurice E. Heskett, all rights reserved.
