ok, that's it! This is what I get : % curl "http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=i386&repo=os"; http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/CentOS/6.5/os/i386/ http://mirrors.cmich.edu/centos/6.5/os/i386/ ftp://mirror.nandomedia.com/pub/CentOS/6.5/os/i386/ http://mirror.millry.co/CentOS/6.5/os/i386/ http://mirrors.adams.net/centos/6.5/os/i386/ http://centos.corenetworks.net/6.5/os/i386/ http://centos-mirror.jchost.net/6.5/os/i386/ http://mirror.es.its.nyu.edu/centos/6.5/os/i386/ http://mirrors.rit.edu/centos/6.5/os/i386/ http://mirror.metrocast.net/centos/6.5/os/i386/
% host mirrorlist.centos.org mirrorlist.centos.org has address 72.232.223.58 mirrorlist.centos.org has address 204.15.73.243 mirrorlist.centos.org has address 64.235.47.134 mirrorlist.centos.org has address 69.30.193.218 mirrorlist.centos.org has IPv6 address 2a02:2498:1:3d:5054:ff:fed3:e91a I'm using google DNS 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4 . On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/03/2014 02:24 PM, Sabuj Pattanayek wrote: > >> This is just a connectivity test. That file will be put in the right >> place by yum if required. You need to change it to the one your yum is >> trying to hit. When you run something like yum update it should show : >> >> # yum update >> Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security >> Repository google-chrome is listed more than once in the configuration >> Determining fastest mirrors >> epel/metalink >> >> >> | 15 kB 00:00 >> * base: mirror.steadfast.net <http://mirror.steadfast.net> >> * epel: mirror.steadfast.net <http://mirror.steadfast.net> >> * extras: mirror.steadfast.net <http://mirror.steadfast.net> >> * rpmforge: mirror.us.leaseweb.net <http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net> >> * rpmforge-extras: mirror.us.leaseweb.net < >> http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net> >> * updates: mirror.cisp.com <http://mirror.cisp.com> >> >> ...hopefully it gets that far. So for example, on mine I'd use >> mirror.steadfast.net <http://mirror.steadfast.net> . Then check the >> >> /var/cache/yum/i686/6/base/mirrorlist.txt file and it should show you >> the path to the os directory for that server, e.g. mine has : >> >> http://mirror.steadfast.net/centos/6.5/os/x86_64/ >> >> So I'd run : >> >> curl http://mirror.steadfast.net/centos/6.5/os/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml >> >> to make sure it can get the file. Again just a connectivity test, >> because in your straces it was getting stuck trying to make these >> connection attempts. >> >> > Okay, this is getting more frustrating by the minute. > > I can do nslookup on mirrorlist.centos.org and get a list of four IPs. > > I do not have the /var/cache/i386/6/base/mirrorlist.txt file. There is a > packages directory in base. > > If I try to yum update, it loops like before. > > > Howard > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
