[ale] Looking for a VERY old Fedora VM

Robert L. Harris robert.l.harris at gmail.com
Tue Dec 22 14:14:45 EST 2015


  I think I found a found mirror, now it's just a matter of getting Yum to
see it.

Robert


On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 12:13 PM Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> You'll have to set the repos manually to the ancient archives. Might not
> work if the repo file removed.
>
> The new box has all of the ancient, broken ciphers disabled or removed.
> You may need to use a much newer version or really compromise the security
> of the new box with weakened ciphers or an older sshd. Grab the src.rpm and
> rpmbuild -bb
> On Dec 22, 2015 1:36 PM, "Robert L. Harris" <robert.l.harris at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>   I found a FC2 DVD download on the redhat site.  That works, I just
>> can't get it updated via Yum (having fun with repos) and it won't SSH to my
>> host box because of incompatible ciphers...
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:15 AM Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at dsservices.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I don’t have that but I do have a full set of Fedora Core 4 CDs I burned
>>> in 2005.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The next set I have after that is FC6.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This was the i386 stuff rather than x86_64.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Robert
>>> L. Harris
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 22, 2015 12:20 PM
>>> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>> *Subject:* [ale] Looking for a VERY old Fedora VM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   So I need a Fedora Core 2 VM as I have a piece of hardware that has
>>> drivers that are only going to work on that kernel combo.  I'm trying to
>>> install the image into the VM but I'm having fun getting yum, compilers,
>>> etc working.  Anyone happen to have an old one, somewhat clean, preferably
>>> with a working Yum repo configured I could grab a copy of?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
>>>
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