problems with yum.conf

[staylor]

Im runin Fedora 2 my rpm list wont load yum wont update cause mirrors are messed up or something how do I get an update or correct yum.conf or the proper mirrors

[staylor]

What is going on here:


root@xxxxx [~]# yum update yum
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Core - - Base
Server: Fedora Core - - Released Updates
retrygrab() failed for:
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distrib...rs/header.info
Executing failover method
retrygrab() failed for:
ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/di...rs/header.info
Executing failover method
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
No Packages Available for Update
No actions to take

root@xxxx [~]# yum update
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Core - - Base
Damaged or Bad header.info from Fedora Core - - Base
This is probably because of a downed server or an invalid header.info on a repository.

I also tried the following after updating my yum.conf with some other mirrors i just need to know if these mirrors are bad or if its something else thats keeping yum from working right.

root@xxxx [~]# yum list
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base
retrygrab() failed for:
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distrib...rs/header.info
Executing failover method
retrygrab() failed for:
ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/di...rs/header.info
Executing failover method
retrygrab() failed for:
http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/dist...rs/header.info
Executing failover method
retrygrab() failed for:
http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distr...rs/header.info
Executing failover method
retrygrab() failed for:
http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/f...rs/header.info
Executing failover method
Damaged or Bad header.info from Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base
This is probably because of a downed server or an invalid header.info on a repository.
root@xxxx [~]#

[cpanelkenneth]

Please update to an Operating System that is still supported by your OS Vendor.

Fedora Core 2 no longer receives security updates from Redhat or the Fedora Legacy project (which is no more).

The errors you see are due to mirrors no longer distributing the updates.

[staylor]

exactly my problem how do i upgrade when the mirrors no longer support updates

[cpanelkenneth]

The Fedora project has documentation on upgrading from one version to another, but it's not guaranteed to work. This is the trade-off of using a distribution with such a short support lifetime. Fedora has newer features and kernels before RHEL/CentOS, but is only supported for a few months (~13), requiring a sys admin to constantly upgrade to the newest Fedora version.