Re: URLs for net install?

["Arnout Lok" <arnout lok gmail com>]

On 4/16/07, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <caf omen com> wrote:
> Since the 64 bit FC7T3 won't load on my Core Duo system,
> I tried a recent rescue cd with the idea of doing a net
> install.
>
> I tried several different URLs but could not find anything
> that worked.  Furthermore, I could not find what to give for
> a URL on the Fedora web site or with Google.

I used the following passage from the installation-guide for fc6:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/fc6/en/sn-installing-networkinstallation.html
But it took some trial and error before it worked.


> The net install for some distros comes preloaded with a choice
> of working places to download files from.
>
> The net install should present some working defaults.
> In any case, it should not require many pages of additional settings
> before deciding the URL wasn't to its liking.

I agree that a default url, which could redirect to a random mirror,
would be much more user-friendly. During my net-install I searched on
an other computer for the exact mirror-url and wrote it down. Not
exactly very convenient.

regards,
Arnout Lok