On Jan 12, 2008 5:03 PM, fred smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote: > www.gtlib.gatech.edu > /pub/centos/5.1/os/i386 > > and for the other mirror > > mirror.rhsmith.umd.edu > /pub/centos/5.1/os/i386 > > in the two lines of the form. > > Is this right? (the manuals aren't really really terribly explicit). They both look correct to me. But you may be having some network / connection issue to the servers. Take a look at the mirror list and find the one that gives you a stable and fast connection. It may not necessarily be physically closest to you. http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=13 Another thing you might want to consider as an option is to try a minimal type install and later yum install other packages as needed. Akemi