Are FC6 not being maintained anymmore ???

[mahuro]

Hi all,

I got a batch of FC6 machines, for a long time the default updates and extras repos worked well, now yum just can't find the repositories anymore !! when checking the addresses in a browser you notice the repositories are emty , if the baseurl is uncommented it gives you an error:

Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: updates



Daos anyone has a sample file that works for updates and extras ???

Many thanks.

[waterhead]

Fedora maintains support for two releases, dropping maintenance on a release one month after a new release.

Since Fedora 11 was released less than one month ago, Fedora 9 is still supported, but reaching the end of it's support cycle. Since they release a version about every 6 months, the support for a version is usually 13 months.

You can use Fedora 6 without updating it. If you want to install new software, there are some places on the internet where you can still find Fedora 6 .rpm files. You will have to download and manually install them. Otherwise, you can always compile from source.

You could also try a fresh install of Fedora 11. Updating a Fedora 6 install to Fedora 11 isn't recommended, as too many problems will result. So back up any important files first.

LifeCycle - FedoraProject

[devils casper]

Fedora Core 6 is not supported by Fedora Team now ( Check End of Life details here ) and you won't find any updates for it. I would suggest you to install latest version, Fedora 11.
Upgrading Fedora Core 6 to Fedora 11 will not work because there is a lot of time gap between these two and there are too many changes in latest version.