[newbie] Mandrake update: fetching of mirror list failed

[Dr. Trevor J. Stocki]

Hi,
    I was trying to update my Linux 7.1 using the Mandrake Update program and
I got the message:

fetching of mirror list failed.

Then it just dumped me out of the program.  I can ftp to places ok but my 
netscape needs
a http proxy in order to work.  How can I fix this problem?

Can I simply download the free installation from mandrake the two disks and 
upgrade that
way? or will there be a lot of conflicts?


Thank you inadvance,
Sincerely,
Trevor J. Stocki