Troubles updating

[Ben Ricker]

That is a common problem with a busy site (ydl's mirror in particular). 
Go to a mirror geographically close to you.

Ben Ricker

On Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at 04:15 PM, Beartooth wrote:

> I got yum update to run on FC1, against mirror.cc.vt and then suddenly
> suddenly recalled I hadn't updated Jo's G3 iBook with YDL3.0 since they
> were having troubles I didn't understand, about the time we moved 
> house --
> nine months back.
>
>         Not finding any YDL mirror at mirror.cc nor raven, I just tried
> running yum update as root as is, with some address at ydl.net or
> terrasoft. It kept hanging, and when I interrupted it usually 
> complained
> of an MD5 sum error, and wanted me to run yum clean -- over, and over, 
> and
> over, especially after I did finally succeed (I think) in getting all 
> the
> headers.
>
>         Do I need to update the updater first again? Use a different
> mirror? Or what? Is the mirror (or whatever it's called) at ydl.net 
> having
> troubles?
>
> -- 
> Beartooth Implacable <karhunhammas (at) lserv.com>
> gnarled gamma geek w/ FC1, RH9, YDL3, & attitude
> No man and few women can ever have enough books,
> pockets, friends, knives, guns, gadgets, or garlic.
>
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