On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 23:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > >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. > Gene, I have only seen that happen to me once before like that. First, it is not unusual to get one or two of these when a mirror is having a problem. But the only time I got a slew of them like that is, frankly, when I forgot to enable my network card (embarrassed at admitting that one....). More specifically, it tends to indicate a DNS problem. Make sure you can ping the name servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf and then try doing a "dig www.redhat.com" to see if you get a response. Presuming you do not, begin to diagnose your network card settings and ability to access the network-at-large. Good luck, --Rob
