Comments on: How to Upgrade RedHat 9 to Fedora Core 2 http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2004/09/28/how-to-upgrade-redhat-9-to-fedora-core-2 Asking the Stupid Questions since 1971 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:24:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Will Cox http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2004/09/28/how-to-upgrade-redhat-9-to-fedora-core-2#comment-569 Will Cox Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:29:57 +0000 /?p=74#comment-569 From the errors it appears that you happened to be trying to download while the server was swamped, or while the network connection disappeared. <code>apt</code> gives you a solution in the error message, but for a swamped server it might not work. That solution is to run <code>apt-get update</code> and then run <code>apt-get --fix-missing dist-upgrade</code> This will attempt to find the missing packages during the upgrade process. From the errors it appears that you happened to be trying to download while the server was swamped, or while the network connection disappeared. apt gives you a solution in the error message, but for a swamped server it might not work. That solution is to run

apt-get update

and then run

apt-get --fix-missing dist-upgrade

This will attempt to find the missing packages during the upgrade process.

]]> By: j http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2004/09/28/how-to-upgrade-redhat-9-to-fedora-core-2#comment-43 j Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:48:04 +0000 /?p=74#comment-43 Hi, I found your RH9 to Fedora Core 2 update page and ran the script you had listed. It ran for about an hour and this was the last few lines. Do you know what I should do to resolved this? Or how to remove the files I've DL'ed? Get:628 http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/1/i386/core yelp 2.4.0-1 [435kB] Fetched 673MB in 2h37m25s (71.3kB/s) Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/pcre-4.4-1.i386.rpm Connection failed Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/SysVinit-2.85-5.i386.rpm Connection failed Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/dev-3.3.8-2.i386.rpm Could not connect to ayo.freshrpms.net:80 (193.1.219.82), connection timed out Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/mingetty-1.06-2.i386.rpm Connection failed Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/modutils-2.4.25-13.i386.rpm Could not connect to ayo.freshrpms.net:80 (193.1.219.82), connection timed out Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/mount-2.11y-29.i386.rpm Could not connect to ayo.freshrpms.net:80 (193.1.219.82), connection timed out E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? Hi,
I found your RH9 to Fedora Core 2 update page and ran the script you had listed. It ran for about an hour and this was the last few lines. Do you know what I should do to resolved this? Or how to remove the files I’ve DL’ed?

Get:628 http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/1/i386/core yelp 2.4.0-1 [435kB]
Fetched 673MB in 2h37m25s (71.3kB/s)
Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/pcre-4.4-1.i386.rpm Connection failed
Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/SysVinit-2.85-5.i386.rpm Connection failed
Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/dev-3.3.8-2.i386.rpm Could not connect to ayo.freshrpms.net:80 (193.1.219.82), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/mingetty-1.06-2.i386.rpm Connection failed
Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/modutils-2.4.25-13.i386.rpm Could not connect to ayo.freshrpms.net:80 (193.1.219.82), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/1/i386/RPMS.core/mount-2.11y-29.i386.rpm Could not connect to ayo.freshrpms.net:80 (193.1.219.82), connection timed out
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with –fix-missing?

]]> By: Lars http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2004/09/28/how-to-upgrade-redhat-9-to-fedora-core-2#comment-42 Lars Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:22:29 +0000 /?p=74#comment-42 Be sure to make sure that you don't have any old files in /etc/apt/sources.d or apt might grab redhat 9 files from those repositories. Be sure to make sure that you don’t have any old
files in /etc/apt/sources.d or apt might grab
redhat 9 files from those repositories.

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