Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 315121
Within Anaconda it sould be possible to change the install-mirror
Last modified: 2008-01-22 14:43:08 EST
Description of problem: If you try to do a network-update from the minimal-boot-cd, and your chosen (ftp) mirror is under heavy load, it quite often happens, that anaconda is not able to fetch a needed package. Anaconda then suggests, that you "sould coose a different mirror", however only the two buttons: "reboot" and "retry" are presented. If you are REALLY patient, "retry" will get you through the installation process ;-) Reboot is specifically warned upon, since it leaves you with an halfupdated system. So, another button like "Choose Mirror" would really be handsome. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Anaconda that ships with F7 minimal-boot cd How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Do an network-update from FC6 to F7 2. choose a mirror with high load (e.g. the official fedora source ;-) ) 3. start away Actual results: Inconvenient loss of an huge amount of time Expected results: Conveniant installation procedure
I am working on this sort of thing right now for F9. Stay tuned.
*** Bug 301901 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This code is now in Rawhide. Please try it out and let me know if it's working well for you. I expect there to still be some bugs. If so, please open a new bug report on the specific problem. Thanks for the bug report.