Chet, I was including everything under /s390 _except_ the SRPMS directory.
If you've got a Windows-based PC sitting around with > 1.4GB of disk space on it, I would use that instead of going through the effort of installing a separate Linux/390 system just to be an FTP server. Of course, I have Cygwin installed on mine, so I have wget available to me. If you have something like that or WS_FTP, you should be set. If not, then yeah, you could go ahead and install the SuSE 7.0 system. If nothing else, it will give you some installation experience. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Chet Norris [mailto:chet10719@;yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RHSETUP and LOADER Fails Alright, you know the situation, the company won't spend money to buy CD's. So, to FTP the distribution to a server (CD or DASD) what do I need? It looks like the first thing that LOADER goes after is /s390/RedHat/base files, then it goes for the s390/RedHat/RPMS/ files. What are you including in your 1.4GB estimate, and is there a way to run LOADER (or RHSETUP) by not first downloading the RPMS file to a local server? I do still have the SuSE 7.0 CD's, but the company wants RedHat, is loading SuSE first the best option, then setting it up as the Redhat distribution FTP server? --- "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm. Can I recommend that you _not_ do it this way? You are way too > subject to network errors that will result in having to restart the > process. > You'll probably wind up having to re-download the distribution many > times. > You would be much better off to find some free space (1.4GB excluding > the > SRPMS) on an FTP server somewhere in your shop. (Any kind will do > nicely, > including a Windows one.) Or, if you have it available, an NFS > server. > > Mark Post
