On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 14:36 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Trying to follow instructions at: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq > > This is a test system, nothing of value on it if the upgrade does not > go, but I still want to get this working. > > For switching the repositories: > > rpm -Uhv ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/<ReleaseNumber>/Fedora/<Arch>/os/Packages/fedora-release-*.noarch.rpm > > > ReleaseNumber is 11? > and > Arch i386? > > I used those values and got something like (copying this from the test > system): > > Retrieving ftp:.... > curl: (78) RETR response: 550 > error: skipping ftp:.... - transfer failed ---- wget \ ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-*.noarch.rpm --2009-10-26 12:05:02-- ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-*.noarch.rpm => `.listing' Resolving download.fedora.redhat.com... 209.132.176.20, 209.132.176.220, 209.132.176.221 Connecting to download.fedora.redhat.com|209.132.176.20|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/os/Packages ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> LIST ... done. [ <=> ] 212,681 429K/s in 0.5s 2009-10-26 12:05:03 (429 KB/s) - `.listing' saved [212681] Removed `.listing'. --2009-10-26 12:05:03-- ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-11-1.noarch.rpm => `fedora-release-11-1.noarch.rpm' ==> CWD not required. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR fedora-release-11-1.noarch.rpm ... done. Length: 22329 (22K) 100%[============================================================================================================>] 22,329 --.-K/s in 0.1s 2009-10-26 12:05:03 (190 KB/s) - `fedora-release-11-1.noarch.rpm' saved [22329] --2009-10-26 12:05:03-- ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-11.0.0-2.fc11.noarch.rpm => `fedora-release-notes-11.0.0-2.fc11.noarch.rpm' ==> CWD not required. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR fedora-release-notes-11.0.0-2.fc11.noarch.rpm ... done. Length: 8194268 (7.8M) 100%[============================================================================================================>] 8,194,268 2.07M/s in 4.2s 2009-10-26 12:05:07 (1.85 MB/s) - `fedora-release-notes-11.0.0-2.fc11.noarch.rpm' saved [8194268] works for me... Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines