Re: Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file

Steven McKinney wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] on behalf of Jim Perrin
>> Sent: Tue 4/14/2009 5:17 PM
>> To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified
>> Subject: Re: [Yum] Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Steven McKinney <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> Is this just a matter of updating a URL in a .repo file
>>> or some other issue(s)?
>> Other issues.
>>
>>> Any info appreciated.
>>>
>>> Here's an example update attempt:
>>>
>>> [smckinney@mb1 yum.repos.d]$ sudo yum update
>>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>>> Setting up Update Process
>>> Setting up repositories
>>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404:
>> This url basically spells out your issue. Fedora Core 6 has been EOL
>> for quite some time, and it appears to no longer be carried on the
>> fedora mirrors. You can either update to the latest version of fedora
>> (10 or 11, I'm not sure), or if you want to stick with software of
>> similar version with a longer lifespan, you might want to check out
>> CentOS 5.
> 
> 
> Thank you Jim,
> 
> Updating OS will need to happen.

I wouldn't count on it being flawless - but since RHEL/CentOS 5 is 
largely based on Fedora Core 6, it may be possible to yum update from 
Fedora Core 6 to CentOS 5.

It's probably better to just do a clean install though.