Re: Directory url for YDL ftp install?


Subject: Re: Directory url for YDL ftp install?
From: Marc Stergionis (stermarc@home.com)
Date: Fri Jan 26 2001 - 11:35:57 MST


At 1/26/01 11:16 AM, Robert Vogt IV from the digital address
vogt@arborhost.com typed these wise words:

> To all,
>
>>> (top line)
>>> ftp.linuxberg.com
>>>
>>> (second line)
>>> /Yellowdog/champion-1.2/ppc/YellowDog
>>
>> When I try
>> ftp://ftp.linuxberg.com/Yellowdog/champion-1.2/ppc/YellowDog/ here it tells
>me
>> "No such file".
>>
>> OTOH, when I try
>>
>ftp://ftp.linuxberg.com/pub/distributions/Yellowdog/champion-1.2/ppc/YellowD
>og/
>> I see the directories I would expect. Maybe your ftp client was not showing
>> you the full URL?
>
>Try:
>ftp.linuxberg.com
>pub/distributions/Yellowdog/champion-1.2/ppc
>
>(yes, no prefixed or postfixed '/') :)
>
> The installer should give you the URL its trying to access on one of the
>Virtual Consoles (I think 3), and you'll see that its concatenating the
>first string, a /, the second string, and the file path
>(/YellowDog/base/stage1.img, for example).
again, the lack of slashes fore and aft resulted in the same error, both
with and without the preceding "ftp://"

Weird :)

ms

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