Bug 66851 - Misleading error if HTTP install server address is wrong.
Summary: Misleading error if HTTP install server address is wrong.
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 8.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-06-17 19:08 UTC by Sam Varshavchik
Modified: 2005-10-31 22:00 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-01-07 00:59:23 UTC
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Description Sam Varshavchik 2002-06-17 19:08:39 UTC 
I tried to do an HTTP install from pcmcia.img, and I entered the wrong server IP
address.  The error message that came up on the next screen was "Unable to find
/RedHat/Base/netstg1.img on the server", without mentioning the IP address.  It
took me a little while to figure out that I entered the wrong IP server IP
address; the error message led me on a wild goose chase, looking at the apache
configuration on the server, etc.

Since I entered IP addresses, error recovery code should distinguish between two
error condition: unable to contact the server; and receiving a 404 from the server.
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2002-06-20 15:48:19 UTC 
Assigning to an engineer.
Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2003-01-03 06:23:07 UTC 
Made the error message give the full URL that's unable to be retrieved so that 
it's more obvious
Comment 3 Mike McLean 2003-01-07 00:59:23 UTC 
fix verified in -re0106.0
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