Install FC8 over HTTP
Mark Haney
mhaney at ercbroadband.org
Tue Mar 11 18:54:28 UTC 2008
Devon Harding wrote:
>
> As I remember it, you specify a server and a path. The server is
> one of
> the mirror sites, and the path is the directory on the mirror to where
> the "repodata" directory is located.
>
> For example, on the "University of Nebraska Lincoln" mirror for an
> i386
> install:
> server: mirror.unl.edu <http://mirror.unl.edu>
> path: /fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os/
> I went to fedoraproject.org <http://fedoraproject.org>, selected
> "get fedora," selected "see all
> mirrors" down nearer the bottom of the page, and used the area at the
> top right of the mirrors list to only show me F8 i386 mirrors.
>
>
> Ok, this would be an example server and path to use for HTTP?
>
> http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os/
That's correct. I've done this on dozens of occasions, usually with Xen
guests, but the idea works regardless.
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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
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