Fedora Core 4 YUM repository

foxb@abv.bg

On Dec 13, 3:44 pm, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzk...***********>
wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:56:14 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzk...***********> wrote in message
> >news:-rudnaU8cf7A5fzanZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...
> >> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:42:10 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>
> >>> The Fedora Core 4 repository seems to have been suspended. Is there
> >>> another copy of this repository online ? And if so how do I pointmy
> >>> machine at it ?
>
> >>> I have a machine that will not run Fedora Core 5 or later and need to
> >>> add some packages.
>
> >>> Many thanks in advance,
>
> >>> Aaron
>
> >> Have you tried installing CentOS4.5? CentOS4 is about the same vintage
> >> as Fedora 4 so it should run on your system. CentOS4 will be supported
> >> for the next 4 or 5 years, FC4 has been dead for a long time already.
>
> > I did look at that option some time ago but we have mirrored servers and
> > the other runs FC5, so for simplicity I keep them both FC.
>
> > Aaron
>
> CentOS4 is nearly to identical to FC4, the difference is that it's been
> kept up to date with security patches and bug fixes whereas FC4 and FC5
> haven't had any updates for a couple of years. If I were you I'd migrate
> both servers to CentOS4.5 which would give you the same OS on both
> systems. If mirroring the systems is an objective then it doesn't make a
> lot of sense to run a different version of OS on each, what have is a
> funhouse mirror.

No this is no correct....
CeontOS 4 is identical to RHEL 4 witch is based on FC3...

Local repository could be only way.

I found one server that still holds FC4, but I never could connect to
it for updates (traffic is limited)

Nico Kadel-Garcia

foxb@abv.bg wrote:
> On Dec 13, 3:44 pm, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzk...***********>
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:56:14 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>> "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzk...***********> wrote in message
>>> news:-rudnaU8cf7A5fzanZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:42:10 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>>>> The Fedora Core 4 repository seems to have been suspended. Is there
>>>>> another copy of this repository online ? And if so how do I pointmy
>>>>> machine at it ?
>>>>> I have a machine that will not run Fedora Core 5 or later and need to
>>>>> add some packages.
>>>>> Many thanks in advance,
>>>>> Aaron
>>>> Have you tried installing CentOS4.5? CentOS4 is about the same vintage
>>>> as Fedora 4 so it should run on your system. CentOS4 will be supported
>>>> for the next 4 or 5 years, FC4 has been dead for a long time already.
>>> I did look at that option some time ago but we have mirrored servers and
>>> the other runs FC5, so for simplicity I keep them both FC.
>>> Aaron
>> CentOS4 is nearly to identical to FC4, the difference is that it's been
>> kept up to date with security patches and bug fixes whereas FC4 and FC5
>> haven't had any updates for a couple of years. If I were you I'd migrate
>> both servers to CentOS4.5 which would give you the same OS on both
>> systems. If mirroring the systems is an objective then it doesn't make a
>> lot of sense to run a different version of OS on each, what have is a
>> funhouse mirror.
>
> No this is no correct....
> CeontOS 4 is identical to RHEL 4 witch is based on FC3...
>
> Local repository could be only way.
>
> I found one server that still holds FC4, but I never could connect to
> it for updates (traffic is limited)

Use reposync, from the yum-utils package, to make a local mirror.

Nico Kadel-Garcia

foxb@abv.bg wrote:
> On Dec 13, 3:44 pm, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzk...***********>
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:56:14 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>> "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzk...***********> wrote in message
>>> news:-rudnaU8cf7A5fzanZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:42:10 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>>>> The Fedora Core 4 repository seems to have been suspended. Is there
>>>>> another copy of this repository online ? And if so how do I pointmy
>>>>> machine at it ?
>>>>> I have a machine that will not run Fedora Core 5 or later and need to
>>>>> add some packages.
>>>>> Many thanks in advance,
>>>>> Aaron
>>>> Have you tried installing CentOS4.5? CentOS4 is about the same vintage
>>>> as Fedora 4 so it should run on your system. CentOS4 will be supported
>>>> for the next 4 or 5 years, FC4 has been dead for a long time already.
>>> I did look at that option some time ago but we have mirrored servers and
>>> the other runs FC5, so for simplicity I keep them both FC.
>>> Aaron
>> CentOS4 is nearly to identical to FC4, the difference is that it's been
>> kept up to date with security patches and bug fixes whereas FC4 and FC5
>> haven't had any updates for a couple of years. If I were you I'd migrate
>> both servers to CentOS4.5 which would give you the same OS on both
>> systems. If mirroring the systems is an objective then it doesn't make a
>> lot of sense to run a different version of OS on each, what have is a
>> funhouse mirror.
>
> No this is no correct....
> CeontOS 4 is identical to RHEL 4 witch is based on FC3...
>
> Local repository could be only way.
>
> I found one server that still holds FC4, but I never could connect to
> it for updates (traffic is limited)

Use reposync, from the yum-utils package, to make a local mirror.

foxb@abv.bg

On Dec 13, 3:44 pm, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzk...***********>
wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:56:14 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzk...***********> wrote in message
> >news:-rudnaU8cf7A5fzanZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...
> >> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:42:10 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>
> >>> The Fedora Core 4 repository seems to have been suspended. Is there
> >>> another copy of this repository online ? And if so how do I pointmy
> >>> machine at it ?
>
> >>> I have a machine that will not run Fedora Core 5 or later and need to
> >>> add some packages.
>
> >>> Many thanks in advance,
>
> >>> Aaron
>
> >> Have you tried installing CentOS4.5? CentOS4 is about the same vintage
> >> as Fedora 4 so it should run on your system. CentOS4 will be supported
> >> for the next 4 or 5 years, FC4 has been dead for a long time already.
>
> > I did look at that option some time ago but we have mirrored servers and
> > the other runs FC5, so for simplicity I keep them both FC.
>
> > Aaron
>
> CentOS4 is nearly to identical to FC4, the difference is that it's been
> kept up to date with security patches and bug fixes whereas FC4 and FC5
> haven't had any updates for a couple of years. If I were you I'd migrate
> both servers to CentOS4.5 which would give you the same OS on both
> systems. If mirroring the systems is an objective then it doesn't make a
> lot of sense to run a different version of OS on each, what have is a
> funhouse mirror.

No this is no correct....
CeontOS 4 is identical to RHEL 4 witch is based on FC3...

Local repository could be only way.

I found one server that still holds FC4, but I never could connect to
it for updates (traffic is limited)

Nico Kadel-Garcia

foxb@abv.bg wrote:
> On Dec 13, 3:44 pm, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzk...***********>
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:56:14 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>> "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzk...***********> wrote in message
>>> news:-rudnaU8cf7A5fzanZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:42:10 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>>>> The Fedora Core 4 repository seems to have been suspended. Is there
>>>>> another copy of this repository online ? And if so how do I pointmy
>>>>> machine at it ?
>>>>> I have a machine that will not run Fedora Core 5 or later and need to
>>>>> add some packages.
>>>>> Many thanks in advance,
>>>>> Aaron
>>>> Have you tried installing CentOS4.5? CentOS4 is about the same vintage
>>>> as Fedora 4 so it should run on your system. CentOS4 will be supported
>>>> for the next 4 or 5 years, FC4 has been dead for a long time already.
>>> I did look at that option some time ago but we have mirrored servers and
>>> the other runs FC5, so for simplicity I keep them both FC.
>>> Aaron
>> CentOS4 is nearly to identical to FC4, the difference is that it's been
>> kept up to date with security patches and bug fixes whereas FC4 and FC5
>> haven't had any updates for a couple of years. If I were you I'd migrate
>> both servers to CentOS4.5 which would give you the same OS on both
>> systems. If mirroring the systems is an objective then it doesn't make a
>> lot of sense to run a different version of OS on each, what have is a
>> funhouse mirror.
>
> No this is no correct....
> CeontOS 4 is identical to RHEL 4 witch is based on FC3...
>
> Local repository could be only way.
>
> I found one server that still holds FC4, but I never could connect to
> it for updates (traffic is limited)

Use reposync, from the yum-utils package, to make a local mirror.

foxb@abv.bg

On Dec 13, 3:44 pm, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzk...***********>
wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:56:14 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzk...***********> wrote in message
> >news:-rudnaU8cf7A5fzanZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...
> >> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:42:10 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>
> >>> The Fedora Core 4 repository seems to have been suspended. Is there
> >>> another copy of this repository online ? And if so how do I pointmy
> >>> machine at it ?
>
> >>> I have a machine that will not run Fedora Core 5 or later and need to
> >>> add some packages.
>
> >>> Many thanks in advance,
>
> >>> Aaron
>
> >> Have you tried installing CentOS4.5? CentOS4 is about the same vintage
> >> as Fedora 4 so it should run on your system. CentOS4 will be supported
> >> for the next 4 or 5 years, FC4 has been dead for a long time already.
>
> > I did look at that option some time ago but we have mirrored servers and
> > the other runs FC5, so for simplicity I keep them both FC.
>
> > Aaron
>
> CentOS4 is nearly to identical to FC4, the difference is that it's been
> kept up to date with security patches and bug fixes whereas FC4 and FC5
> haven't had any updates for a couple of years. If I were you I'd migrate
> both servers to CentOS4.5 which would give you the same OS on both
> systems. If mirroring the systems is an objective then it doesn't make a
> lot of sense to run a different version of OS on each, what have is a
> funhouse mirror.

No this is no correct....
CeontOS 4 is identical to RHEL 4 witch is based on FC3...

Local repository could be only way.

I found one server that still holds FC4, but I never could connect to
it for updates (traffic is limited)

Nico Kadel-Garcia

foxb@abv.bg wrote:
> On Dec 13, 3:44 pm, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzk...***********>
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:56:14 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>> "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzk...***********> wrote in message
>>> news:-rudnaU8cf7A5fzanZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:42:10 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>>>> The Fedora Core 4 repository seems to have been suspended. Is there
>>>>> another copy of this repository online ? And if so how do I pointmy
>>>>> machine at it ?
>>>>> I have a machine that will not run Fedora Core 5 or later and need to
>>>>> add some packages.
>>>>> Many thanks in advance,
>>>>> Aaron
>>>> Have you tried installing CentOS4.5? CentOS4 is about the same vintage
>>>> as Fedora 4 so it should run on your system. CentOS4 will be supported
>>>> for the next 4 or 5 years, FC4 has been dead for a long time already.
>>> I did look at that option some time ago but we have mirrored servers and
>>> the other runs FC5, so for simplicity I keep them both FC.
>>> Aaron
>> CentOS4 is nearly to identical to FC4, the difference is that it's been
>> kept up to date with security patches and bug fixes whereas FC4 and FC5
>> haven't had any updates for a couple of years. If I were you I'd migrate
>> both servers to CentOS4.5 which would give you the same OS on both
>> systems. If mirroring the systems is an objective then it doesn't make a
>> lot of sense to run a different version of OS on each, what have is a
>> funhouse mirror.
>
> No this is no correct....
> CeontOS 4 is identical to RHEL 4 witch is based on FC3...
>
> Local repository could be only way.
>
> I found one server that still holds FC4, but I never could connect to
> it for updates (traffic is limited)

Use reposync, from the yum-utils package, to make a local mirror.

foxb@abv.bg

On Dec 13, 3:44 pm, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzk...***********>
wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:56:14 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzk...***********> wrote in message
> >news:-rudnaU8cf7A5fzanZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...
> >> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:42:10 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>
> >>> The Fedora Core 4 repository seems to have been suspended. Is there
> >>> another copy of this repository online ? And if so how do I pointmy
> >>> machine at it ?
>
> >>> I have a machine that will not run Fedora Core 5 or later and need to
> >>> add some packages.
>
> >>> Many thanks in advance,
>
> >>> Aaron
>
> >> Have you tried installing CentOS4.5? CentOS4 is about the same vintage
> >> as Fedora 4 so it should run on your system. CentOS4 will be supported
> >> for the next 4 or 5 years, FC4 has been dead for a long time already.
>
> > I did look at that option some time ago but we have mirrored servers and
> > the other runs FC5, so for simplicity I keep them both FC.
>
> > Aaron
>
> CentOS4 is nearly to identical to FC4, the difference is that it's been
> kept up to date with security patches and bug fixes whereas FC4 and FC5
> haven't had any updates for a couple of years. If I were you I'd migrate
> both servers to CentOS4.5 which would give you the same OS on both
> systems. If mirroring the systems is an objective then it doesn't make a
> lot of sense to run a different version of OS on each, what have is a
> funhouse mirror.

No this is no correct....
CeontOS 4 is identical to RHEL 4 witch is based on FC3...

Local repository could be only way.

I found one server that still holds FC4, but I never could connect to
it for updates (traffic is limited)

Nico Kadel-Garcia

foxb@abv.bg wrote:
> On Dec 13, 3:44 pm, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzk...***********>
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:56:14 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>> "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzk...***********> wrote in message
>>> news:-rudnaU8cf7A5fzanZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:42:10 +0000, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>>>> The Fedora Core 4 repository seems to have been suspended. Is there
>>>>> another copy of this repository online ? And if so how do I pointmy
>>>>> machine at it ?
>>>>> I have a machine that will not run Fedora Core 5 or later and need to
>>>>> add some packages.
>>>>> Many thanks in advance,
>>>>> Aaron
>>>> Have you tried installing CentOS4.5? CentOS4 is about the same vintage
>>>> as Fedora 4 so it should run on your system. CentOS4 will be supported
>>>> for the next 4 or 5 years, FC4 has been dead for a long time already.
>>> I did look at that option some time ago but we have mirrored servers and
>>> the other runs FC5, so for simplicity I keep them both FC.
>>> Aaron
>> CentOS4 is nearly to identical to FC4, the difference is that it's been
>> kept up to date with security patches and bug fixes whereas FC4 and FC5
>> haven't had any updates for a couple of years. If I were you I'd migrate
>> both servers to CentOS4.5 which would give you the same OS on both
>> systems. If mirroring the systems is an objective then it doesn't make a
>> lot of sense to run a different version of OS on each, what have is a
>> funhouse mirror.
>
> No this is no correct....
> CeontOS 4 is identical to RHEL 4 witch is based on FC3...
>
> Local repository could be only way.
>
> I found one server that still holds FC4, but I never could connect to
> it for updates (traffic is limited)

Use reposync, from the yum-utils package, to make a local mirror.