[CentOS] Installing CentOS via HTTP

Mon Dec 19 16:49:04 UTC 2005
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> OK.  I loaded the CDs onto one of my servers.
> 
> you can see them at http://65.84.78.210/~rgm/centos
> 
> When I enter 65.84.78.210 as the web site name and ~rgm/centos as the 
> directory, it fails reporting that it cannot access the 
> http://65.84.78.210//~rgm/centos/Centos/base/stage2.img
> 
> Where is that extra / coming from?  And when I go back to the screen 
> where I entered this info I see /~rgm/centos  !  I did not enter that 
> leading /
> 
> What gives?  how do I get past this point?
> 
> 
> At 10:39 AM 12/19/2005, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> 
>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>>> When, after starting the install, you get a list of places for the 
>>> distribution, listing things like:
>>> CDrom, NFS, FTP, HTTP, Local hard drive
>>> What is expected on the HTTP url?  The ISO images?
>>
>>
>> the full expanded tree is expected. You could use
>> for server : http://mirror.centos.org
>> for path  : centos/4/os/i386
>>
>> ( this is for a i386 install )
>>

you can ignore that extra / , check on the server log files what / where 
its looking.

Also on the the VC#3 and VC#4 you should see some extra info about the 
various url's its trying and if there is a networking issue or not.

btw, could you try not top posting..



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