Thanks. But I don't understand how  ftping into the FTP server is going to
tell me what file to get.  I don't even know what file is failing for that
matter if that is the issue.

On Friday, January 30, 2015, Alan Altmark <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Friday, 01/30/2015 at 06:34 EST, Mark Post <[email protected]
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > I already know what files the installer is looking for.  I trust Bruce's
> answer
> > that the top-level directory of the DVD is exposed as "/" by the HMC FTP
> > server.  So, "/" is the correct answer for the path to the repository.
> That
> > means there's something else wrong in the network setup or access.
>
> That's not what I meant.  I meant for Steve to manually FTP into the FTP
> server, cd to (whatever directory) and try to get (whatever file is
> failing).  He will be able to see any FTP errors, being more revealing
> that "No repository found."     (Does it mean a CD failed?  A GET failed
> with file not found?  Or maybe the installer couldn't parse a PWD
> response?)
>
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