bob smith wrote: > trying to update F9, on a 386/686 box. Failing. Thanks in advance for > any help > > quick description - can't run yum. Think I have the repositories files > from (addresses don't resolve) > yes, I probably hosed them up trying to fix them. Got not response to > yum update. time out error or address did not resolve > > removed files from yum.repos.d > put a set of repos in yum.conf = seem to be wrong. > this is what I get > > yum update > Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit > Could not retrieve mirrorlist > http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-source-8&arch=i386 > error was > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name > resolution')> > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Everything/source/SRPMS/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name > resolution')> > Trying other mirror. > Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for > repository: fedora9-source. Please verify its path and try again > Seems like your system can't resolve the host names into an IP address. Network/DNS problems.... What does host mirrors.fedoraproject.org return? -- Those who can, do; those who can't, simulate. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines