[CentOS] yum issues
William A. Mahaffey III
wam at HiWAAY.net
Sat Oct 15 13:13:48 UTC 2005
William Warren wrote:
> nods they are rsynching as fast as their pipes will allow them to.
>
> William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>
>> William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>>
>>> Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 20:22 -0700, Craig White wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 11:16 +0800, Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing
>>>>> Lists) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/15/05, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is this because the mirrors are busy? I did update to CentOS 4.2
>>>>>>> yesterday but now...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [root at srv1 file-4.15]# yum install php-devel php-imap
>>>>>>> Setting up Install Process
>>>>>>> Setting up repositories
>>>>>>> dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> < Error messages snipped>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Suggestions? Wait?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I myself can't get past the "Setting up repositories stage."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, are the ISOs available via bittorrent already?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----
>>>>> finally came through after trying about 30 times
>>>>>
>>>>> but I need another package and it's too painful so I think I will
>>>>> wait
>>>>> until later
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Guys ... I apologize, but our mirrors are just absolutely maxed out.
>>>> We have served 2.26 TB (bytes not bits) in the last 24 hours ... which
>>>> is 5x our normal traffic.
>>>>
>>>> We are working on a way to use mirrorlist= so that we don't have this
>>>> kind of problem in the future. (I know this has it's own issues,
>>>> but it
>>>> is something we need to do)
>>>>
>>>> We also need more donated mirrors ... if you are an ISP who is making
>>>> tons of money using CentOS, we could use a dedicated server
>>>> donation :)
>>>>
>>>> There is a list of public, external mirrors that have CentOS as
>>>> well ...
>>>> it is available here that might not have as much traffic:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.centos.org/mirrors/
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise, to use mirror.centos.org, the only possibility is to wait a
>>>> day or so more.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Johnny Hughes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> I just checked & Ga.Tech has CentOS 4.2, dated 10/13/2005, I have
>>> used them in the past, good bandwidth, etc. YMMV & all that ....
>>>
>>> ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/centos/
>>>
>>> --
>>> William A. Mahaffey III
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Remember, ignorance is bliss, but
>>> willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!!
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Oooooops, spoke too soon, they have all the directories but nothing
>> in them yet, sorry :-).
>>
>> --
>> William A. Mahaffey III
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Remember, ignorance is bliss, but
>> willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!!
>>
>>
Does CentOS announce (new versions) to everyone simultaneously ? If so,
perhaps it might be better to 'pre-announce' to various mirrors & let
them get everything loaded, then do the full public announcement ....
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William A. Mahaffey III
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