[...] >> 2. releases/7/Fedora/os/ ? > > I would say the above, as it matches what you find in the root of the > install DVD (packages, GPG keys, other bits used while installing). > > e.g. http://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/fedora/releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/ > [...] OK I did it, and used the URL: http://srl.cs.jhu.edu/YUM/fedora/releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/ which I selected because it is a Fedora mirror, probably under 100 miles from my computers, and responded rapidly when I looked at it with my browser. My screen now shows "Starting install process. This may take several minutes...". As of 14:16-0400, it has said this for about the last two hours. Am I too impatient? There are occasional signs of life. I have just installed my own ftp "mirror" on a Win2k box on my LAN. Do you think this would be faster? Thanks for your comments. Mike.