FC5 Yum OutofDate

¿F M J¿ · 06-07-2008, 11:14 PM

Ok here's the problem... running a old fc5 install with web-server/email server etc..

I've neglected to run updates since getting it running..

Tried to do a yum-update and i get the following..

Code:

loading "installonlyn" plugin
setting up Update proccess
setting up repositories
core                               [1/3]
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror
Cannot open/read repomd.xml from core: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try
Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from core: [Errno 256] no more mirros to try.

I dont want to upgrade to fc9 just yet, but would like to get the current updates despite how old they might be for fc5..

anyone able to help.?

lazlow · 06-08-2008, 10:26 AM

Support for FC5 was dropped about a year ago. There have been(nor will there be) no official updates since then. The support life for Fedora is now down to about a year. If you need longer support I would suggest you switch to Centos. Centos is RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) with the logos removed. It has a five year support life and is free to download. It "feels" like FC6 (which is what it was based on).