Re: using a mirror for yum??

[Robert Marcano <robert marcanoonline com>]

On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 18:03, WipeOut wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to update my yum.conf to talk to a local mirror.. The 
> mirrors page says this..
> 
> http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/
> 
> but the existing yum.conf says this..
> 
> http://fedora.redhat.com/releases/fedora-core-$releasever
> 

$releasever should be replaced with 1 (yum does it automatically) so the
real address is http://fedora.redhat.com/releases/fedora-core-1

For the mirror you can use:

http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/


> ..but I can't browse the default link to try and figure out exactly what 
> path I should use..
> 
> Any pointers..
> 
> Maybe there should be a page with the yum.conf entries for each of the 
> FC mirrors..
> 
> Later..