I tried http://ip/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch , but pacman says it cannot find them the different tar.gz files to download, but once I install Arch, and add the mirror to mirrorlist as Server = http://ip/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch it works great. Will keep trying to get it work :). Thanks, Tom -----Original Message----- From: arch-general-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arch-general-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jesse Juhani Jaara Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 7:18 PM To: arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [arch-general] HTTP Custom Mirror on Install ti, 2011-03-08 kello 18:39 -0500, Thomas Misilo kirjoitti: > Good Evening, > > I was trying to use a custom mirror during an install today, it is only a HTTP server currently. Is this a problem, does it need to be ftp? As the mirror does work with pacman after install. > > Thanks! > > Tom There are no limitations on the protocol used, as long as the program used for the downloading supports it. By default atleas ftp, http and local repositories are supported.