help, (Fedora 8 is no longer supported)

[Allann Jones]

You can search for a active F8 repository (HTTP or FTP) on NET, and
modify 'baseurl' on /etc/yum.conf, this is what I've done. I think
that livna repository has the extra support for media formats. Maybe
freshrpms too. But you will not find new updates, only the updates
that you doesn't have applied until now.
I have upgraded the machines to F11 and F12.
Read the docs about the deprecated :( architectures on Fedora, like
Geode family, between others. This is what generates possible problems
with upgrade.

Regards.


On Thursday, January 28, 2010, Michal <michal at ionic.co.uk> wrote:
>> perhaps his system won't allow him to run anything later than FC8.
>> Perhaps his system is running an Intel Video chipset that won't come up
>> with the stupid new Intel video drivers and Xorg (I know from experience
>> as I have a system that is in that *exact* state and no amount of google
>> searching has been able to offer a solution (and I'm talking hours and
>> days of searching)).
>>
>> Essentially, my point being that answering that FC8 is no longer
>> supported doesn't address the problem.  Granted, the original subject
>> line was lacking but telling somebody to update to later Fedora versions
>> is not an answer that can be achieved in some cases.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> KM
>
> Considering they asked "how do I install media players", it would be
> safe to make an assumption that they are not very technical. Could be
> wrong, but it's safe to make that assumption
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