Hi all, I have been having no end of trouble trying to update FC4. So far:

I've tried both up2date & yum. On a FC3 box - everything works. On a FC4 box, nothing works.

Tried two different installs on the same PC - FC3 = OK, FC4 = NO.

I took a laptop - put FC4 on it, at work tried updates = nothing. Tried it at home, updated everything just fine.

So... after doing a bunch of research, I have come to the conclusion that FC4 & the version of Yum that comes with it does not support "http byte-ranged requests" whatever that is... My guess is that it is either the router or firewall at work - neither of which I can mess with.

I found this on a website (not sure which one).

Two possible solutions:

- figure out a way to disable this, or use the same settings as FC3. Is this possible?

- use FTP for repos. FTP might be immune to this issue - don't know but am willing to try. So how do I make it so yum or up2date only uses FTP sites for updates?

Thanks for any and all help.

Rob

PS - Does anybody know if FC5 will have this same issue? I hope not...

You may be fighting a proxy server at work.

Look at the yum help section on proxy servers and see if the configuration tips are helpful: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/sn...xy-server.html

No joy - there is no proxy server as such - just a router and a firewall - neither of which I can do anything about at the moment.

Any other possible solutions? I find it odd that FC3 works just fine, while FC4 craps out on me.

Is it possible to use the FC3 version of yum? How could I set this up?

Thanks,
Rob

PS - anybody have any opinions on FC5 for updates? I hope I don't run into this again...

One straighforward workaround suggested in the Yum FAQs ( http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq ) is to create a local mirror using rsync and to update your system directly from the local mirror.

It's straightforward to create a local mirror. If you want to mirror FC4 os, updates, extras and livna, you will need about 15-20GB of disk space.

A while back, I guided someone through setting up a local mirror in this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=354958 It hits the high points of setting one up.

I use local mirrors at home and at work. Once you set one up and start using it, you'll kick yourself for not doing it sooner. No more waiting for downloads.