Upcoming instructions for redhat 9

[Michael Schwendt]

On 18 Apr 2004 13:01:42 -0400, Kwan Lowe wrote:

> On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 10:18, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > 
> > For yum/apt for Red Hat Linux 9, you would choose the packages from
> > fedora.us "stable" tree for rh9, of course, e.g.
> > 
> >   http://download.fedora.us/fedora/redhat/9/i386/RPMS.stable/
> > 
> > before Fedora Legacy makes available own versions.
> 
> Cool. This link also correctly populates the yum.conf file so it's the
> easiest route. 
> 
> Speaking of which, since it sends all machines to a single repository,
> it might be a good idea to list some mirrors and instructions for
> modifying yum.conf to point to the new repository.

Of course. The default configuration is just to get people started.  User
should pick a nearby mirror and not use the fedora.us master server, which
is located on Hawaii.

Fedora Legacy Mirror list is here:

   http://www.fedoralegacy.org/download/fedoralegacy-mirrors.php

Until Red Hat Linux 9 end-of-life, however, user should fetch errata
packages from a Red Hat Linux Updates mirror.





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