install-guide/devel/en_US other-instmethods.xml,1.3,1.4

Paul W. Frields (pfrields) fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Sun Apr 29 19:44:12 UTC 2007


Author: pfrields

Update of /cvs/docs/install-guide/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv23160/en_US

Modified Files:
	other-instmethods.xml 
Log Message:
Put advice about how to locate Internet installation trees with the actual screen to which it pertains.


Index: other-instmethods.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/devel/en_US/other-instmethods.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- other-instmethods.xml	29 Apr 2007 18:35:00 -0000	1.3
+++ other-instmethods.xml	29 Apr 2007 19:44:09 -0000	1.4
@@ -283,16 +283,23 @@
       You can install from a Web, FTP, or NFS server either on your
       local network or, if you are connected, on the Internet.
     </para>
-    <note>
-      <title>Large Download</title>
+    <para>
+      You may install &DISTRO; from your own private mirror, or use one
+      of the public mirrors maintained by members of the community. To
+      ensure that the connection is as fast and reliable as possible,
+      use a server that is close to your own geographical location.
+    </para>
 
-      <para>
-	If you are not booting from a &FC; DVD or installation CD, a
-	network installation downloads the main installation program
-	from the network. The graphical installation program is over 75
-	MB in size.
-      </para>
-    </note>
+    <para>
+      The &FP; maintains a list of HTTP and FTP public mirrors, sorted
+      by region, at <ulink
+	url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mirrors"/>. To determine the
+      complete directory path for the installation files, add
+      <filename>/&FCLOCALVER;/&DISTRO;/<replaceable>architecture</replaceable>/os/</filename> 
+      to the path shown on the web page.  A correct mirror location for
+      an <systemitem>i386</systemitem> system resembles the URL
+      <literal>http://mirror.example.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/&FCLOCALVER;/&DISTRO;/i386/os</literal>.
+    </para>
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
 	<para>




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