Latest kernel won't download...

[Travis Riddle]

Amen Brother

Travis

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 12:49 PM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Latest kernel won't download...
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> The text of the message is:
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> The package kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2140.nptl does not have a 
> valid GPG signature. It has been tampered with or corrupted.  
> Continue?
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> 
> You say "no, don't continue", and try again.
> 
> It's just like the shampoo bottle says.... wash, rinse, 
> repeat... there's no end. :-)
> 
> I went through about 19 iterations.. each one getting just a 
> little bit further, until lo and behold it all worked. Good 
> thing I'm not using Windows Update... that works first time, 
> and I wouldn't appreciate how difficult the task of getting 
> updates really is. :-)
> 
> All sorts of chatter about choosing mirrors blah blah 
> blah.... and people wonder why Linux is not quickly adopted 
> on the desktop....
> 
> What I'd like to see is that the default server simply 
> redirects requests to a random mirror, or a mirror in "round 
> robin" fashion.... then when all the FC users try to up2date 
> at once, requests are dispersed across mirrors. If the 
> "expert" user wants to configure a specific mirror that's 
> fine... no change there.... but for all the newbies that 
> "just want an update applied", things might work better. And 
> how much horsepower would the default server need if all it 
> does is redirect traffic. As new mirrors are added, or old 
> ones die... the default server needs a little update and no 
> change to any of the install base out there.
> 
> Sounds good to me.... and it's got to be better than what happens now.
> 
> My opinion, and it's worth every penny you paid for it. :-o
> 
> Cheers,
> Don Russell
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