What was the exact command that you used? Thanks Maccy On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Vaibhav Vaidya wrote: > Hi, > > Up2date just installed 143 packages for my upgrade. :) > Great going guys, nice config files. > > --Vaibhav > > --- Ioannis Vranos <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I tried to follow the directions of the > > > https://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/howto/upgrade > > for upgrading to SL 4.1 from > > 4, however rpm fails for both statements (4.x and > > 41): > > > > > > [root@chrome ~]# rpm -Uvh > > > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/i386/misc/RPMS/yum-conf-4x.SL.noarch.rpm > > Retrieving > > > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/i386/misc/RPMS/yum-conf-4x.SL.noarch.rpm > > error: skipping > > > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/i386/misc/RPMS/yum-conf-4x.SL.noarch.rpm > > > > - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error > > > > [root@chrome ~]# rpm -Uvh > > > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/41/i386/misc/RPMS/yum-conf-4x.SL.noarch.rpm > > Retrieving > > > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/41/i386/misc/RPMS/yum-conf-4x.SL.noarch.rpm > > error: skipping > > > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/41/i386/misc/RPMS/yum-conf-4x.SL.noarch.rpm > > > > - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error > > > > [root@chrome ~]# > > > > > > Any ideas on how to safely upgrade? > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >