These are my contents of the CentOS-Base.repo file: [root at localhost yum.repos.d]# vi CentOS-Base.repo #released updates [updates] name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 #packages used/produced in the build but not released [addons] name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 #additional packages that may be useful [extras] name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages [centosplus] name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 #contrib - packages by Centos Users [contrib] name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 Thanks Jatin On 4/2/2010 9:08 AM, Jatin Davey wrote: > Hi > > I wanted to download and install the net-snmp package. Usually on my > other CentOS boxes i use the following command to do it: > > yum install net-snmp > > I was able to successfully install net-snmp on 4 of my CentOS boxes but > not on one of them. It reports me the following error message: > > [root at localhost yum.repos.d]# yum install net-snmp > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Determining fastest mirrors > Could not retrieve mirrorlist > http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=os error was > [Errno 4] IOError:<urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')> > Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base > > > Other output that can be some use is : > > [root at localhost yum.repos.d]# ls > CentOS-Base.repo CentOS-Media.repo > > > Can someone please let me know what the issue is ? and how to get it > working ? > > Thanks > Jatin > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >