Install FC8 over HTTP

[Mark Haney]

Devon Harding wrote:
>
>     As I remember it, you specify a server and a path.  The server is
>     one of
>     the mirror sites, and the path is the directory on the mirror to where
>     the "repodata" directory is located.
>
>     For example, on the "University of Nebraska Lincoln" mirror for an
>     i386
>     install:
>        server: mirror.unl.edu <http://mirror.unl.edu>
>        path: /fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os/
>     I went to fedoraproject.org <http://fedoraproject.org>, selected
>     "get fedora," selected "see all
>     mirrors" down nearer the bottom of the page, and used the area at the
>     top right of the mirrors list to only show me F8 i386 mirrors.
>
>
> Ok, this would be an example server and path to use for HTTP? 
>
> http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os/
That's correct.  I've done this on dozens of occasions, usually with Xen 
guests, but the idea works regardless.


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Mark Haney
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ERC Broadband