Bug 6230 - RHEA files can't be downloaded
Summary: RHEA files can't be downloaded
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: dlk
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URL: http://s2s.org
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-10-22 09:54 UTC by shreeve
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-11-17 23:24:53 UTC

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Description shreeve 1999-10-22 09:54:08 UTC 
Filenames with a colon in them, such as the new updated RHEA
boot images can't be downloaded to windows machines because
of the colon. This is a big problem because many users (like
myself) who are trying to do a clean Linux install will
start by downloading the files from Windows and then created
the bootdisks, etc. I can work around this problem, but I
assume that many other users will not be able to figure out
why these files can't be downloaded.

Please change the filenames as follows:

  bootnet-RHEA-1999:044.img
  bootnet-RHEA-1999-044.img

Replacing the colon with a dash will solve this problem...

Thanks,

Steve Shreeve, MD/MBA/EE
UC Irvine, California
http://s2s.org
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 1999-11-17 21:18:59 UTC 
Reassigned to someone in the QA dept to handle further.
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 1999-11-17 23:24:59 UTC 
There are now symlinks in place which you can
download instead.
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