I put ftp://speakupmodified.org into my browser and navigated using the link you posted to tell me what directories to try. It looks like current is just a shortcut to 5, so try pasting this into your browser: ftp://speakupmodified.org/fedora/speakupmodified/5/RPMS/ On 5/26/06, propaine <propaine at verizon.net> wrote: > Greetings! > > In the hope of downloading the Speakup-modified FC5 images, I've just tried several times to ftp to > > ftp://ftp.SpeakupModified.Org/fedora/speakupmodified/current/RPMS/ > > I just got this link via a Google search. When I followed it as a link from the message my search had landed on, I saw a user name of anonymous, but I found no place to put a password and seemed unable to do anything but click on Internet Explorer's most unhelpful help. > > When I try using ftp from the command prompt, I get "unknown host." I typed using all lowercase, and again with exactly the capitalization as above. I even tried eliminating everything after the .Org. I think I tried both with and without the slash at the end. > > I did that Google search a few minutes ago because I had the same problem with > > ftp://SpeakupModified.org/fedora/speakupmodified/current/RPMS/ > > even using the Linux machine I had in my classroom this morning. I drew hope from the small difference in the link I got this afternoon, but it seems there's something wrong other than the ftp address. > > I looked at a chapter on ftp in an old Harley Hahn book on using the Internet, and it seems to me that I have the syntax right. I know I must be missing something, though. Any suggestions? > > Thanks! > > Propaine > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
