On > I thought that it may be a port 80 problem, I have installed a > Control Panel that uses port 8000 could that be a conflict where > the server maybe reading it as 80? > Many thanks for your help.... I doubt that this is it. but basically you need to get your system to a point where you can use wget to fetch files. Once you're to this step, yum SHOULD work fine. -- Jim Perrin System Architect - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center