Problems with 2008.1 and urpmi [solved]

[krisbee2000]

For some reason, no matter what I do with 2007.1 and 2008.1, I can't get the easy-urpmi to add the repos.

 

Here is what I did manually

[root@localhost krisbee2008]# urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist 'http://api.mandriva.com/mirrors/basic.2008.1.i586.list'

mirror list not found
Could not find a mirror from mirrorlist http://api.mandriva.com/mirrors/basic.2008.1.i586.list
[root@localhost krisbee2008]#
[root@localhost krisbee2008]# urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist 'http://plf.zarb.org/mirrors/2008.1.i586.list'
trying again with mirror ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/mandriva/cfg/2008.1/i586

 

and to prove there is no firewall problem, here are the pings:

[krisbee2008@localhost ~]$ ping -c 3 plf.zarb.org
PING ryu.zarb.org (212.85.153.228) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from easyurpmi.zarb.org (212.85.153.228): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=170 ms
64 bytes from easyurpmi.zarb.org (212.85.153.228): icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=170 ms
64 bytes from easyurpmi.zarb.org (212.85.153.228): icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=171 ms

--- ryu.zarb.org ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2000ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 170.373/171.003/171.820/0.770 ms
[krisbee2008@localhost ~]$ ping -c 3 api.mandriva.com
PING frontal2.mandriva.com (212.85.147.118) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from mandriva.com (212.85.147.118): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=159 ms
64 bytes from mandriva.com (212.85.147.118): icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=158 ms
64 bytes from mandriva.com (212.85.147.118): icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=158 ms

--- frontal2.mandriva.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2000ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 158.288/158.974/159.941/0.703 ms
[krisbee2008@localhost ~]$

 

What am I doing wrong? I still use 2006, and would love to start to upgrade, but, if I can't get access to PLF, I can't do what I need to!

 

Thanks in advance,

Kris

Edited May 5, 2008 by krisbee2000

[yossarian]

I suggest downloading the Free version (in one DVD or three CD's) and upgrading from them.

 

You should take into account that upgrading from 2006 to 2008.1 might be a bigger leap than recommended. Maybe it's better to upgrade through the intermediate versions. I would take the experts' advice.

[krisbee2000]

I suggest downloading the Free version (in one DVD or three CD's) and upgrading from them.

 

You should take into account that upgrading from 2006 to 2008.1 might be a bigger leap than recommended. Maybe it's better to upgrade through the intermediate versions. I would take the experts' advice.

 

Oh, I should have made myself clearer, sorry... I kept 2006 on one partition, and installed fresh 2008.1 on another. I am not sharing home directories; 2006 uses krisbee, while 2008 uses krisbe2008... so in essence, they are seperate OS's...

 

So, it isn't related to that issue. Treat it like a fresh install.

[medo3891]

- Go to the easyurpmi web site and click "Switch to manual mirror selection" then click "Switch to custom media selection" then click "Continue".

 

- Check everything except backports and testing. Also choose the mirror you want.

 

- Click refresh commands (at the end of the page).

 

- Copy the text and paste it as root in terminal.

 

Hope that works for you.

[krisbee2000]

- Go to the easyurpmi web site and click "Switch to manual mirror selection" then click "Switch to custom media selection" then click "Continue".

 

- Check everything except backports and testing. Also choose the mirror you want.

 

- Click refresh commands (at the end of the page).

 

- Copy the text and paste it as root in terminal.

 

Hope that works for you.

 

It did! Thank you very much. The first time I did manual mirror selection, I guess I just got a bum mirror for me, so it didn't work (and I thought it just wouldn't work, which was incorrect).

 

Thanks again!

Kris