On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 14:14 -0500, David Zakar wrote: > I seem to be having some trouble getting HTTP and FTP installs to work > with FC3 (final release version). > > I use the standard linux askmethod option to get it to give me the > choice of a network installation. But when I type in the hostname and > directory, it appends a / to the end of the hostname. > > IE: > hostname: mirror.linux.duke.edu > directory: /pub/linux/fedora/core > > ... is somehow reinterpreted as > http://mirror.linux.duke.edu//pub/linux/fedora/core > > Obviously, the installer can't find the appropriate file, and promptly > fails right there. Is this a known problem, and are there any > workarounds? Even just a server that automatically fixes this kind of > error would be good enough. Actually http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/linux/fedora/core doesn't exist either, as a quick browse demonstrates. Try http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/ instead, which works OK with either one or two slashes after the hostname. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
