title: yum on Centos stuck at "loaded plugins: fastestmirror"
body: <p>When trying to install a package using yum on Centos, the command is getting stuck at the first part:</p>
  
  <pre><code>loaded plugins: fastestmirror
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>removing /var/cache/yum/timedhosts.txt <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/384963/yum-hangs-and-wont-respond">See suggestion</a></li>
  <li>yum update yum</li>
  <li>making sure there are no other processes running and removing /var/run/yum.pid</li>
  <li>yum clean all <a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/271248/yum-stucks-on-update-centos-5-6">See suggestion</a></li>
  <li>Checked that DNS works for all the servers in the /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo files</li>
  <li>Set the enabled flag in vi /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf // enabled=0 <a href="http://www.adminspoint.com/server-administration/355-yum-disable-fastestmirror-plugin-centos.html" rel="noreferrer">See Suggestion</a></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>... still having the problem.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>