On 7/29/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mike Chalmers: > > My question is how do I find the host and folder from a mirror when I > > am trying to do a install by using the internet? > > Browse to the fedora website, follow the download mirrors link, and you > end up at: <http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/7/> > > Pick a mirror, drill down until you see the files I listed previously: > > Fedora/ 27-May-2007 10:30 - > GPL 26-May-2007 02:25 18K > RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.html 26-May-2007 02:25 154K > RPM-GPG-KEY 27-May-2007 10:40 1.9K > RPM-GPG-KEY-beta 27-May-2007 10:40 1.7K > RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora 27-May-2007 10:40 1.5K > RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-rawhide 27-May-2007 10:40 1.1K > RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test 27-May-2007 10:40 1.1K > RPM-GPG-KEY-rawhide 27-May-2007 10:40 1.2K > fedora.css 27-May-2007 10:40 2.8K > images/ 27-May-2007 10:40 - > isolinux/ 27-May-2007 17:22 - > repodata/ 27-May-2007 17:22 - > stylesheet-images/ 27-May-2007 17:22 - > > Look at the address in the browser, the domain name is the host (the > dotted address between the protocol, http://, and the first slash), the > rest of the URI is the folder. > > For instance, picking on the one at the top of the list: > <http://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/fedora/releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/> > > host: ftp.univie.ac.at > folder: /systems/linux/fedora/releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/ > > You need to do this before starting the installation, so that you can > jot down the details. > > Perhaps the network install routine could do with including a basic > browser, or letting you do some sort of "yum install" incantation, and > having it find the details for you. > > -- > [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr > 2.6.22.1-33.fc7 i686 i386 > > Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > This is exactly what I needed. Thanks Tim. I will give it a shot when I got my computer back. Thanks. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
