On Thu, 13 May 2004 19:16:18 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote > On Thu, 13 May 2004 12:05:51 -0500, Mike Vanecek wrote: > > > > baseurl=http://legacy.linux.duke.edu/redhat/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > > > > What is the best baseurl to use for > > > > [redhat-os] > > name=Red Hat Linux $releasever ($basearch) > > baseurl= ? > > > > I want to keep the base os as RH 9, not Fedora. Is there a yum repository for > > the base RH 9? > > For instance, this mirror: http://legacy.linux.duke.edu/redhat/9/ > > baseurl=http://legacy.linux.duke.edu/redhat/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > > I think you misunderstand a few things about Fedora Legacy, Fedora Core > and Fedora.us. The default baseurl in fedora.us' yum package points > to a plain mirror of Red Hat Linux 9 (just that it is located on > Hawaii, and you should find a more nearby one, unless you are > located on Hawaii, too). OK. Please correct me if I do not understand things: [redhat-os] name=Red Hat Linux $releasever ($basearch) baseurl= http://download.fedora.us/fedora/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/yum/os/ which basically gets me to http://download.fedora.us/fedora/redhat/9/i386/yum/os/RPMS/ which, as you note, is located in Hawaii. [For me then, http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/yum/os/ makes sense. BTW, the default config file has it listed as fedora/fedora.] If I can ever connect to ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386/RedHat/ the ftp.redhat.com site should contain basically the same files as seen at download.fedora.us or mirros.kernel.org, i.e., the original RH 9 rpms. BTW, a sentence or two on the doco at http://www.fedoralegacy.org/docs/yum-rh9.php explaining that the fedora/redhat site is just the original RH 9 might help others in the future. A link to mirrors http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraMirrorList might help too. The doco says to run yum update as root. Being the cautious type about new things, it might be better to suggest running yum check-update first to create the package list and see if something needs installing. Also, some explanation as to why (exclude=kernel*) kernels are being excluded. Uhm, why are the kernels being excluded? Why is it when one does a yum list, all the mysql rpms are not listed even though they are on the server (both at download.fedora.us and mirrors.kernel.org)? mysql-3.23.54a-11.i386.rpm 23-Feb-2003 22:38 5.0M mysql-devel-3.23.54a-11.i386.rpm 23-Feb-2003 22:38 566K mysql-server-3.23.54a-11.i386.rpm 23-Feb-2003 22:38 1.1M Thanks for the help. As I learn I will try to help others with the basics as well. -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
