John Summerfied wrote: > Alexander Dalloz wrote: > >> Am Mi, den 04.05.2005 schrieb Paul Howarth um 2:01: >> >> >> >>> You can find a list of mirrors organised geographically at: >>> http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html >>> >> >> >>> Cheers, Paul. >>> >> >> >> A very simple way to restrict the automatic mirror selection is to >> slightly edit the yum repo file. An example: > > You and Paul seem to be missing the point; while one _can_ do this, it's > not obvious that one can It's not obvious that yum exists, either. I would guess that the inexperienced user would be hitting the flashing red !. > nor is it obvious what the allowable values are. I think it is pretty obvious that a 404 error isn't a mirror list. > It _should_ be, it _could_ be easier. It is something that should be set > on every installation, values that suit Aussies won't suit Canucks. There > is not a good default. Sure there is a good default. One that works, which is what we have now. Heck, most people that post here don't like the mirror list (out of sync rhn-applet, different results on different runs while mirror are syncing, etc.) and end up hard coding the mirror they want anyway. If you have the ability to choose a mirror to download the ISOs from, you have the ability to set the appropriate mirror the yum and up2date configurations. -- William Hooper
