yum repo help needed

[Mike Wright]

Hi all,

I have an very old and cranky laptop that won't install past f14, used 
mostly as a scanner/print station.

I'm trying to update some of its software using yum.  I created a repo, 
fedora-archive.repo:

[archive]
name=Fedora 14 - i386
failovermethod=priority
baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedor...
enabled=1
metadata_expire=7d
gpgcheck=1

Given this command:

yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=fedora-archive.repo update -y

fails with:

Error getting repository data for fedora-archive.repo, repository not 
found.

The baseurl is accessible and does point to a repo.

Any helpers?

tia,
mike wright

[Reindl Harald]

Am 20.09.2013 22:59, schrieb Mike Wright:
> I have an very old and cranky laptop that won't install past f14, used mostly as a scanner/print station.
>
> I'm trying to update some of its software using yum.  I created a repo, fedora-archive.repo:
>
> [archive]
> name=Fedora 14 - i386
> failovermethod=priority
> baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedor...
> enabled=1
> metadata_expire=7d
> gpgcheck=1
>
> Given this command:
>
> yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=fedora-archive.repo update -y
>
> fails with:
>
> Error getting repository data for fedora-archive.repo, repository not found.
>
> The baseurl is accessible and does point to a repo

and you did run the command "createrepo" inside the folder?
yum needs the repo-metadata and not only a folder with packages

[Rick Stevens]

On 09/20/2013 01:59 PM, Mike Wright issued this missive:
> Hi all,
>
> I have an very old and cranky laptop that won't install past f14, used
> mostly as a scanner/print station.
>
> I'm trying to update some of its software using yum.  I created a repo,
> fedora-archive.repo:
>
> [archive]
> name=Fedora 14 - i386
> failovermethod=priority
> baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedor...
>
> enabled=1
> metadata_expire=7d
> gpgcheck=1
>
> Given this command:
>
> yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=fedora-archive.repo update -y

I think that should be "--enablerepo=archive" (name of the archive,
not the name of the repo file).
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[Ranjan Maitra]

Btw, I do wonder why this laptop will not install past F14....what is
the problem?

Ranjan

On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:39:48 -0700 Rick Stevens 
wrote:
> On 09/20/2013 01:59 PM, Mike Wright issued this missive:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have an very old and cranky laptop that won't install past f14, used
> > mostly as a scanner/print station.
> >
> > I'm trying to update some of its software using yum.  I created a repo,
> > fedora-archive.repo:
> >
> > [archive]
> > name=Fedora 14 - i386
> > failovermethod=priority
> > baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedor...
> >
> > enabled=1
> > metadata_expire=7d
> > gpgcheck=1
> >
> > Given this command:
> >
> > yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=fedora-archive.repo update -y
>
> I think that should be "--enablerepo=archive" (name of the archive,
> not the name of the repo file).
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[Mike Wright]

09/20/2013 02:47 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> Btw, I do wonder why this laptop will not install past F14....what is
> the problem?

No idea.  Would not install f12 either.  Liked f10.

[Reindl Harald]

Am 21.09.2013 00:04, schrieb Mike Wright:
> 09/20/2013 02:47 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > Btw, I do wonder why this laptop will not install past F14....what is
> > the problem?
>
> No idea.  Would not install f12 either.  Liked f10

this is *not* a helpful reply
what "no idea"?

how far do you come with the install?
did you try text-only mode?

[Mike Wright]

09/20/2013 02:39 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 09/20/2013 01:59 PM, Mike Wright issued this missive:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have an very old and cranky laptop that won't install past f14, used
> > mostly as a scanner/print station.
> >
> > I'm trying to update some of its software using yum.  I created a repo,
> > fedora-archive.repo:
> >
> > [archive]
> > name=Fedora 14 - i386
> > failovermethod=priority
> > baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedor...
> >
> > enabled=1
> > metadata_expire=7d
> > gpgcheck=1
> >
> > Given this command:
> >
> > yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=fedora-archive.repo update -y
>
> I think that should be "--enablerepo=archive" (name of the archive,
> not the name of the repo file).

Rick, you're the man!

Command now completes with "No Packages marked for Update".  Possibly 
indicates a never updated install.

Anybody have any idea where the archived *updates* repo may be?

[Pete Stieber]

On 9/20/2013 3:23 PM, MW = Mike Wright wrote:
MW> Anybody have any idea where the archived
MW> *updates* repo may be?

http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/updates/

Pete

[Mike Wright]

09/20/2013 03:36 PM, Pete Stieber wrote:
> On 9/20/2013 3:23 PM, MW = Mike Wright wrote:
> MW> Anybody have any idea where the archived
> MW> *updates* repo may be?

Going OT.

MW = Mike Wright wrote:
> MW> ....

How did you do that?  What a great way to follow who is on a thread. 
Seems to me to make it more personal.

Very nice.

[Pete Stieber]

On 9/20/2013 4:04 PM, MW = Mike Wright wrote:
MW> MW = Mike Wright wrote:
MW> MW> ....
MW> How did you do that?  What a great way
MW> to follow who is on a thread.
MW> Seems to me to make it more personal.
MW>
MW> Very nice.

I noticed this format on the wxWidgets mailing list.  I believe one of 
the main wxWidgets developers automatically generates the format in an 
email client call Mahogany (http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/).  I wasn't 
willing to use this email client, but I manually format replies this way 
because I like the flow of the format.

Pete

[Mark LaPierre]

On 09/21/2013 10:10 PM, PS = Pete Stieber wrote:
PS> On 9/20/2013 4:04 PM, MW = Mike Wright wrote:
PS> MW> MW = Mike Wright wrote:
PS> MW> MW> ....
PS> MW> How did you do that?  What a great way
PS> MW> to follow who is on a thread.
PS> MW> Seems to me to make it more personal.
PS> MW>
PS> MW> Very nice.
PS>
PS> I noticed this format on the wxWidgets mailing list.  I believe one of
PS> the main wxWidgets developers automatically generates the format in an
PS> email client call Mahogany (http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/).  I wasn't
PS> willing to use this email client, but I manually format replies this way
PS> because I like the flow of the format.
PS>
PS> Pete

I wonder how long this can go on before it gets out of control?  Cool
idea though.

[Pete Stieber]

On 9/20/2013 4:04 PM, MW = Mike Wright wrote:
MW>>> MW = Mike Wright wrote:
MW>>> MW> ....
MW>>> How did you do that?  What a great way
MW>>> to follow who is on a thread.
MW>>> Seems to me to make it more personal.
MW>>>
MW>>> Very nice.

On 09/21/2013 10:10 PM, PS = Pete Stieber wrote:
PS>> I noticed this format on the wxWidgets
PS>> mailing list.  I believe one of the main
PS>> wxWidgets developers automatically generates
PS>> the format in an email client call Mahogany
PS>> (http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/).  I wasn't
PS>> willing to use this email client, but I
PS>> manually format replies this way because I
PS>> like the flow of the format.

On 9/21/2013 8:16 ML = Mark LaPierre wrote:
ML> I wonder how long this can go on before
ML> it gets out of control?  Cool idea
ML> though.

Since this is way off topic this should probably end, but I reformatted 
the thread above to indicate the actual format of a deeper thread.

Pete

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 21 September 2013, Pete Stieber sent:
> On 9/20/2013 4:04 PM, MW = Mike Wright wrote:
> MW> MW = Mike Wright wrote:
> MW> MW> ....
> MW> How did you do that?  What a great way
> MW> to follow who is on a thread.
> MW> Seems to me to make it more personal.
> MW>
> MW> Very nice.
>
> I noticed this format on the wxWidgets mailing list.

Used on the Amiga, back in the 1990s, and probably on even older BBS
mailing software.  But it needs mailing clients that understand it, to
stop that recursive crap that happened above, and other author's
initials being inserted in front of the wrong person, because they
quoted it but didn't write it.  And so that author prefix initials stay
on the left, and more > characters are added to the right.

e.g.  MW>>  something ...

PS>  something next...

When it works, it really helps with following multi-generational email,
especially amongst clods who damn well will not edit out unnecessary
quoted crap bloating each and every damn mail they send to the list.

But considering the general crapness in email clients at just basic
quoting (with bad wrapping, no wrapping, then broken wrapping), and
quote prefixes with messy spaces in between some > symbols, I just don't
see this working.

[Rick Stevens]

On 09/20/2013 03:23 PM, Mike Wright issued this missive:
> 09/20/2013 02:39 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > On 09/20/2013 01:59 PM, Mike Wright issued this missive:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have an very old and cranky laptop that won't install past f14, used
> > > mostly as a scanner/print station.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to update some of its software using yum.  I created a repo,
> > > fedora-archive.repo:
> > >
> > > [archive]
> > > name=Fedora 14 - i386
> > > failovermethod=priority
> > > baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedor...
> > >
> > > enabled=1
> > > metadata_expire=7d
> > > gpgcheck=1
> > >
> > > Given this command:
> > >
> > > yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=fedora-archive.repo update -y
> >
> > I think that should be "--enablerepo=archive" (name of the archive,
> > not the name of the repo file).
>
> Rick, you're the man!

"Even a blind pig finds the occasional truffle." :-)
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[Suvayu Ali]

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 01:59:20PM -0700, Mike Wright wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have an very old and cranky laptop that won't install past f14,

Did you try the netinstall image?  If the problem with the installer is
about the graphics, did you try the basic graphics mode?  It is
available under the troubleshooting option in the boot menu I think.
You could start try text mode, just pass 'linux text' to the boot
options (hitting tab allows you to do that).

Hope this helps,