[K12OSN] FC5 now legacy?

[John Lucas]

On Thursday 26 October 2006 08:06, Michael Blinn wrote:
> > I can still update packages from the other repositories as long as I skip
> > the broken "core" with the yum "--disablerepo=core" flag. I just hope
> > they fix the problem soon.
>
> The "problem" to which you refer is thousands of people hitting the
> servers simultaneously.
>
> It can be "fixed" by following the first link on the front page of
> fedorasolved.org - using lesser-hit mirror lists will let you pick up
> the proper mirrors.
>
> -Michael
>

Actually there is more to it than the sites being overwhelmed with traffic. 
When attempting to download FC6 I didn't get a "timed out" message, I got a 
"404" (not found) message. The mirrors work because their networks aren't 
being re-arranged.

The same problem is being seen at the fedora legacy respositories (I have and 
FC4 machine that uses it). I think that Fedora and RedHat are moving the 
location of many websites.

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