Sean, Take a look at a *.repo file found in /etc/yum.repos.d/ In this file you will see a line that starts with mirrorlist = This is where you put a list of ftp://, http://, or file:// entries. This is where yum is made aware of the locations of the many repositories. man yum will tell you lots of good stuff. There is also some good howto information. google yum howto and you will find lots. Steve Steve Dawes Calgary Canada.