[CentOS] CentOS Stream 8 dnf fails

2022-02-14 Thread Bill Gee
Every time I run dnf, I get this: = [root@vmhost2 ~]# dnf upgrade CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 70 B/s | 38 B 00:00 Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'appstream': Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist: No URLs

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Stream 8 dnf fails

2022-02-14 Thread Pete Biggs
On Mon, 2022-02-14 at 05:55 -0600, Bill Gee wrote: > Every time I run dnf, I get this: > > = > [root@vmhost2 ~]# dnf upgrade > CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream >70 B/s | 38 B 00:00 > Error: Failed to download metadata f

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Stream 8 dnf fails

2022-02-14 Thread Bill Gee
H. I thought I was already on stream, but apparently not. /etc/redhat-release says it is not stream. I looked for a method to upgrade. Found some notes at techrepublic. The first step is to install centos-release-stream, which fails. So what is the method for doing an upgrade? Bar

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Stream 8 dnf fails

2022-02-14 Thread Pete Biggs
On Mon, 2022-02-14 at 06:36 -0600, Bill Gee wrote: > H. I thought I was already on stream, but apparently not. > /etc/redhat-release says it is not stream. > > I looked for a method to upgrade. Found some notes at techrepublic. > The first step is to install centos-release-stream, which

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Stream 8 dnf fails

2022-02-14 Thread Alain Péan
Le 14/02/2022 à 13:36, Bill Gee a écrit : H. I thought I was already on stream, but apparently not. /etc/redhat-release says it is not stream. I looked for a method to upgrade. Found some notes at techrepublic. The first step is to install centos-release-stream, which fails. So wh

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Stream 8 dnf fails

2022-02-14 Thread Bill Gee
Ah, additional details. Thanks! The download is started. Running REALLY slow (like 24kb per second!) but it is running. I am not in a big hurry. Bill Gee On Monday, February 14, 2022 6:48:44 AM CST Pete Biggs wrote: > On Mon, 2022-02-14 at 06:36 -0600, Bill Gee wrote: > > H...

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Stream 8 dnf fails

2022-02-14 Thread Greg Bailey
On 2/14/22 08:08, Bill Gee wrote: Ah, additional details. Thanks! The download is started. Running REALLY slow (like 24kb per second!) but it is running. I am not in a big hurry. I'm also trying to upgrade my CentOS Stream 8 system, and am getting super slow download speeds when the in

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Stream 8 dnf fails

2022-02-14 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:20:14 -0700 Greg Bailey wrote: > Is there some setting for a minimum bandwidth threshold or some other > way to diagnose some really slow mirror? Add the fastestmirror directive to /etc/dnf/dnf.conf That won't give you a minimum bandwidth but it will find what it thinks i

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Stream 8 dnf fails

2022-02-14 Thread Bill Gee
The download eventually finished for me. It was slow, but it did finish. The install worked without a hitch, everything rebooted and now the system reports it is on Stream. All the VirtualBox guests came back up, too. Thanks! Bill Gee On Monday, February 14, 2022 9:20:14 AM CST Gre