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Old 04-15-2007, 08:10 AM   #1
Kristoffer G
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Adding main & contrib


I'm having trouble with adding the main and contrib-mirror from any country. Anyone else having the same problem?

It says: FTP-reading response failed.
 
Old 04-15-2007, 02:00 PM   #2
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It is possible the mirrors are getting re-populated and may be down temporarily. Sometimes my ISP can be the culprit also due to heavy traffic or what I don't know, where the connection time's out, but usually trying a few hours later works.
 
Old 04-18-2007, 02:50 PM   #3
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It is possible the mirrors are getting re-populated and may be down temporarily. Sometimes my ISP can be the culprit also due to heavy traffic or what I don't know, where the connection time's out, but usually trying a few hours later works.
I've been waiting quite a while now and I'm getting bored.

Which ftp-server is the most reliable?

I've tryed Sunet and Czech Republic and I still get the same response from them.

If only there was a way for me to install all the packages needed without adding a mirror.
 
Old 04-18-2007, 08:51 PM   #4
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I'm assuming you're using easy urpmi to add these. I'm in Canada, and the mirror I use for all 10 is this one from USA:
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http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/mandrake/official/2007.0/i586/media/main/release
And I'm updating them through this mirror right now, the one above is for "main".

Last edited by Junior Hacker; 04-18-2007 at 08:59 PM.
 
Old 04-18-2007, 11:04 PM   #5
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Check the ftp URL in your browser to see if it's active. If it is, then it should work fine once it's in your repo.
 
Old 04-21-2007, 02:51 AM   #6
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With the release of 2007.1 in the last couple of days connecting to the mirrors has been sketchy as they have been updating to accomodate the new packages. You might also be running into problems if the mirrors connection limits are exceeded - possible with many people trying to upgrade. One solution might be set up a couple of repositories in URPMI , & try the alternative one after disabling the ones that didn't work in MCC -> Update -> Choose From You Update (uncheck the Enabled box for the repository you want to disable). Keep trying!
 
Old 04-21-2007, 03:31 AM   #7
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While your having a look through the pages check to make sure that the hdlist.cz file is there or in media_info folder.

I just been trying to update from MDE, http://www.mde.djura.org/
and they don have one for the 2007.1 64bit version.

I down loaded what I wanted and updated afterwards.
 
  


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