On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 9:44 am, Robert Wideman wrote: > >> I suggest you do > >> urpmi.removemedia -ac > >> to remove *all* sources and start again. > >> > >> > >> just to remind you in case you missed yesterdays post. To put > >> your CD sources > >> in, insert CD1 in your CD drive then > >> > >> urpmi.addmedia --distrib removable:///mnt/cdrom > > Ok, did that. At this point i can remove things from the Sources > Manager and it actually goes away AND without closing the program, WAHOO. > > Issue: I am now trying to add sources. I tried through the Sources > Manager and it cant retrieve the list. So i tried to manually doing > it through urpmi.addmedia.....here is what i got (this happens on > any ftp/site i try to add): > > # urpmi.addmedia --update Updates > ftp://ftp.wtfo.com/pub.linux/mandrake/updates with ../base/hdlist.cz > added medium Updates > examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 > (x86).cz] > examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 > (x86).cz] > examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.International CD > (x86).cz] > retrieving description file of "Updates"... > retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "Updates"... > curl: (7) Connect failed > ...retrieving failed: curl failed: exited with 7 or signal 0 > > retrieve of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed > no hdlist file found for medium "Updates" > examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Updates.cz] > problem reading synthesis file of medium "Updates" > unable to update medium "Updates" > > > > > Any ideas? > Thanks > Rob
Inserting ftp://ftp.wtfo.com/pub.linux/mandrake/updates into the url line of a browser indicates that this is not a valid address. Try another one. I get good performance from ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.0/RPMS derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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