Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1558 mails)

["Brian K. White" <brian@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Howorth wrote:
> Lars Müller wrote:
>   
> > > > You need to use the location of the actual files of the openSUSE
> > > > distribution and not the one with the CD/ DVD ISO image files in.
> > > >
> > > > http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/ is
> > > > the location for 11.1 for example.
> > > >         
> > > OK. I repeated the install as before but changed the directory to
> > > "/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/" but I still get "No
> > > repository found". Was I supposed to do something different?
> > >       
> > Have you used http?
> >     
>
> Yes. With no success.
>
>   
> > Have you tried to paste
> > http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/ to
> > a web broweser and do you get a listing starting with the ARCHIVES.gz
> > file and ending with the suse/ directory?
> >     
>
> I have done that on the machine I am typing this on, which is on the
> same network switch as the target machine. I also see the directory if I
> use the 195.135.221.130 IP address, so I guess that's correct.
>
>   
> > > > The mirrorbrain mechanism ensures to redirect your client transparently
> > > > to the best or closest known mirror seen from your particular network
> > > > location (AS) if you use http as transport protocol.
> > > >         
> > > Are you saying that I don't need to do an FTP install (as stated on the
> > > wiki page) but can do an HTTP one and in that case I can use DNS instead
> > > of IP? (I'll try that while I wait for a reply)
> > >       
> > If your system has a working network setup including DNS this approach
> > is known to work.
> >     
>
> I don't know how I'd know whether it has a working DNS setup. But if I
> select an HTTP install it then asks me for the IP address of the server
> and if I type "download.opensuse.org" it says "Invalid input" (after
> quite a long time) so there's obviously some other information that I
> don't know.
>
>   
> > The mirrorbrain approach only works for HTTP.  That's why I'm using HTTP
> > for all repos in use.  Independent it it is an initial install or if it
> > is about applying updates.
> >     
>
> So that's one thing that we know is definitely wrong in the wiki
> instructions, then :) It says FTP and should say HTTP.
>
> One obvious possibility is that there's something wrong with the network
> setup on the target machine but:
> (1) it was working up until I booted the installer
> (2) the installer made a DHCP query and didn't report any problem so I
> guess the network stack is working
> (3) the error it does report is "No repository found". I'd hope for some
> more specific error if it couldn't reach the host.
>
> Is there any way to get the installer to tell me the HTTP request &
> response details? Or otherwise see what's happening?
>
> I've repeated the HTTP attempt and double-checked the IP address and
> directory name so I think they're correct.
>
> Cheers, Dave
>   


It's perfectly correct for the documentation to say ftp.
It's also perfectly correct for you to use http if you want to.
It should be obvious that any network-based install can only possibly
work if your network card is lucky and happens to be on of the ones that
the installer knows how to use.
If the installer does in fact sucessfully light up your nic, and
successfully negotiates dhcp, and your dhcp server gives you correct
network and dns settings, and you want to use http, then you need to
enter a valid repository hostname or ip, AND a valid path to a valid repo.

What _specifically_ about this don't you understand or what specifically
from this did you do and it didn't work?
http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet

Btw I found that by doing something incredibly arcane and wizardly.
I opened up google and put in "opensuse install http"
Man that was hard.

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bkw
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