I am having the same problem, it appears that when ever it hits the server centosq from us-msync.centos.org it re downloads the 5.1 tree. I hit another server and it deletes it. Adam GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, RHCE Systems Engineer Green Mountain Access http://www.gmavt.net/ Phone: (802) 496-8579 Fax: (802) 329-8579 Karanbir Singh wrote: > Prof. P. Sriram wrote: >> i am the sys admin of the centos mirror at ftp.iitm.ac.in; i sync from >> us-msync.centos.org. in the last 2-3 weeks, i seem to be having a problem >> with the 5.1 directory - it keeps flip flopping between empty (but for >> the >> readme file) and fully populated (os, extras, updates etc etc) - >> downloading and deleting a couple of gb every time. i randomly checked a >> few mirros and this seems to be widespread. what gives? >> > > 5.1 should now be empty with just a readme file explaining the > situation. Its possible one of the servers behind us-msync isnt updated > as yet, I can check that. >