Re: [SLUG] Red Hat Network not available

From: kwan@digitalhermit.com
Date: Thu Feb 06 2003 - 10:20:25 EST


On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Doug Koobs wrote:

> Hello all you Red Hat users,
>
> For about 3 days now, whenever I try to update my RH8 system via the
> up2date command, I get the following message:
>
> Error Message:
> Free service limited due to high load; please try again in 30-60
>
[snip]
> Has anyone else been experiencing this? If this keeps up, I may have to
> start paying for the premium RHN service, or possibly switch to another
> distro... Thanks!

They've just released a couple largish kernel updates so the servers are
being hammered. It should calm down soon. I have a subscription and also
noticed a reduced download speed.



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