Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: fedora

[niall brady]

hi all, just wondering if the updates issue to Fedora (
http://lwn.net/Articles/294188/) the reason why i'm getting the following
error (Fedora 9)

[root at localhost ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, fedorakmod, kernel-module, refresh-packagekit
Determining fastest mirrors
 * livna: mirror.atrpms.net
 * kirov: www.csc.calpoly.edu
Could not retrieve mirrorlist
http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-9&arch=i386 error
was
[Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: fedora
[root at localhost ~]#

cheers
niall
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/attachments/20080817/d91fd7ad/attachment.htm>