[Yum] Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file

[Jim Perrin]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Steven McKinney <smckinney at bccrc.ca> 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 at 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.


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