Description of problem: > #2) > The Fedora Core 6 installation guide, English, Online Edition, needs > to document that the ftp installation is buggy: > -------- > If you find a fedora ftp mirror address like so: > > ftp://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/6/i386/os/images > > and you try to do fedora ftp install, and you break that into the usual 2 > pieces > > server: ftp://fedora.mirrors.tds.net > directory: /pub/fedora-core/6/i386/os/images > > the ftp install will not proceed and not display error messages! > It will simply stall, and you are stuck with no forward progress > and no errors. > > Apparently the install is very stupid, and you have to magically know > or just experiment to find out that you shouldn't use the normal > directory name, but instead use the following bizarre format > (notice there is no leading slash on the directory name): > > > server: ftp://fedora.mirrors.tds.net > directory: pub/fedora-core/6/i386/os/images Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
The proper location in this case would be: ftp://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/6/i386/os The "images/" subfolder is incorrect. This is not clear from the FC6 Installation Guide, so we will make some changes to direct users to the proper URL for doing network installation. This will also be fixed in the F7 IG.
This is fixed in CVS and should appear in the F7 IG. Work will continue on the FC6 IG as volunteer resources allow.