ken wrote:
# wget http://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/CentOS/5.6/updates/i386/RPMS/glibc-common-2.5-... --2011-06-30 11:35:44-- http://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/CentOS/5.6/updates/i386/RPMS/glibc-common-2.5-... Resolving ftp.linux.ncsu.edu... 152.1.2.172 Connecting to ftp.linux.ncsu.edu|152.1.2.172|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 17244521 (16M) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `glibc-common-2.5-58.el5_6.4.i386.rpm'
5% [=> ] 1,029,216 --.-K/s eta 23m 10s
and just freeze there... except the right two numbers (following "eta") will continue to climb higher... it stays at "5%" and "1,029,216" doesn't change, and there's no activity between those two numbers. In short, the download just stops or freezes.
Have you checked your network interface on your network connection in general? First try the same PC in different network environment (home, another location?) and then try to setup another PC with the same IP in the same network environment as original PC.
Ljubomir