Hi folks, I'm running FC2 and prepared to upgrade it to FC3 from Internet. The current /etc/yum.conf is as follow; $ cat /etc/yum.conf >>>>>>>> [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log pkgpolicy=newest distroverpkg=fedora-release tolerant=1 exactarch=0 # Added this because some mirrors go down and then retying takes forever. retries=1 ################## ## Basic Fedora ## ################## [base] name=Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base baseurl=http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/2/i386/os http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/2/i386/os http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dist.../core/2/i386/os http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fe.../2/i386/RPMS.os [updates-released] name=Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Released Updates baseurl=ftp://ftp.ens.utulsa.edu/pub/linux/fedora/core/updates/2/i386 http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/updates/2/i386 http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dist.../updates/2/i386 http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fe...86/RPMS.updates http://download.fedora.redhat.com/p...updates/2/i386/ ################### ## Fedora Extras ## ################### [fedora-stable] name=Fedora.us Extras (Stable) baseurl=http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.stable http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fe...386/RPMS.stable http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fe...386/RPMS.stable http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/...386/RPMS.stable http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fe...386/RPMS.stable [fedora-unstable] name=Fedora.us Extras (Unstable) baseurl=http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basea rch/RPMS.unstable http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable [fedora-testing] name=Fedora.us Extras (Testing) baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing ############### ## Livna.org ## ############### [livna-stable] name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (stable) baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/2/i386/yum/stable http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/2/i386/yum/stable [livna-unstable] name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable) baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable ################### ## Miscellaneous ## ################### [macromedia.mplug.org] name=macromedia.mplug.org - Flash Plugin baseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/apt/fedora/2 http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/2 >>> End of Yum.conf <<< Whether changing all "/fedora/core/2/" to "/fedora/$releasever/" in /etc/yum.conf as follows; /etc/yum.conf >>>>>>>> [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log pkgpolicy=newest distroverpkg=fedora-release tolerant=1 exactarch=0 # Added this because some mirrors go down and then retying takes forever. retries=1 ################## ## Basic Fedora ## ################## [base] name=Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base baseurl=http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/i386/os http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/$releasever/i386/os http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dist...ora/linux/core/$releasever/i386/os http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.os [updates-released] name=Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Released Updates baseurl=ftp://ftp.ens.utulsa.edu/pub/linux/fedora/core/updates/$releasever/i386 http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/updates/$releasever/i386 http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dist...x/core/updates/$releasever/i386 http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.updates http://download.fedora.redhat.com/p...x/core/updates/$releasever/i386/ ################### ## Fedora Extras ## ################### [fedora-stable] name=Fedora.us Extras (Stable) baseurl=http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.stable http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.stable http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.stable http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.stable http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.stable [fedora-unstable] name=Fedora.us Extras (Unstable) baseurl=http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basea rch/RPMS.unstable http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable [fedora-testing] name=Fedora.us Extras (Testing) baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing ############### ## Livna.org ## ############### [livna-stable] name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (stable) baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/i386/yum/stable http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/i386/yum/stable [livna-unstable] name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable) baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable ################### ## Miscellaneous ## ################### [macromedia.mplug.org] name=macromedia.mplug.org - Flash Plugin baseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/apt/fedora/$releasever http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/$releasever >>> End of Yum.conf <<< and then run # yum update will take effect. Any precaution, not to run the box to unstable state OR even the worst, not working and erasing all existing config files resulted. Kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu
