question on upgrading from FC10 to FC11

[Kam Leo]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> Trying to follow instructions at:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq
>
> This is a test system, nothing of value on it if the upgrade does not go,
> but I still want to get this working.
>
> For switching the repositories:
>
> rpm -Uhv
> ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/<ReleaseNumber>/Fedora/<Arch>/os/Packages/fedora-release-*.noarch.rpm
>
>
> ReleaseNumber is 11?
> and
> Arch i386?
>
> I used those values and got something like (copying this from the test
> system):
>
> Retrieving ftp:....
> curl: (78) RETR response: 550
> error: skipping ftp:....  - transfer failed
>

You could use Firefox or other browser and browse for this file. Correct url is

ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-11-1.noarch.rpm