[CentOS] Trouble with 5.2==>5.3 upgrade
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Apr 8 21:20:47 UTC 2009
R P Herrold wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, fred smith wrote:
>
>>>> Downloading Packages:
>>>> (1/1): kernel-2.6.18-128. 100% |=========================| 15 MB 05:41
>>>> http://centos.mirror.nac.net/5.3/updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5.i686.rpm: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download
>>>> Trying other mirror.
>>> http://mirror-status.centos.org/ is listing http://centos.mirror.nac.net/
>>> as 2 days late, so you might have been hitting an incomplete mirror.
>> Wouldn't surprise me. But I've tried this probably 10 times in the last
>> 2-3 hours, would I always be that unlucky?
>>
>> And if so, how would I avoid that mirror?
>
> This issue was just raised in the main IRC channel as well.
> By temporarily adding a line to /etc/hosts on the machine
> seeking to pull updates, of the follow form, it will fail on
> over to the next suggested entry:
>
> 127.0.0.2 centos.mirror.nac.net
>
> Remember to pull it out again in a few days.
But note that if you are using a proxy, the proxy is where the name
lookup is done.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
More information about the CentOS
mailing list