Hi, Chris,
On 1 Jun 2001 10:26:23 EDT you said:
> I've had a discussion with one of the support people regarding that.
>
> from what I was told, officially no, and that was a decision that came
> from higher up in managment, why I don't know, maybe some of the
> Netraverse people can clarify.
>
> However, if you load it on one machine using the installer, on that
> machine, a directory is created /var/win4lin/installer_tmp/ which is
> where the RPMs are placed, and can be copied to another machine for
> installation.
This will certainly help me. The installer on the machine I'm
installing on won't recognise my proxy ftp and http servers. All it
says is "not connected to the Internet".
I'd much rather be able to download by regular FTP. I'm quite happy for
Netraverse making registration etc a requirement before I can get any of
it to work, but want to be able to download the RPMs or tars
conventionally.
>
> perhaps if enough people mail Netraverse regarding this issue, they will
> realise that it is better for both them and us, to have the RPM's
> downloadable manually as well. Perhaps they could post them on the
> Member area.
Consider this to be just such a post!
>
> Sure, the installer is a great idea for those who A) are installing on a
> machine with a fast connection, B) are not familiar with rpm, or B) just
> want a point and click installation.
>
> But there are those of us that A) are installing on machines with a slow
> internet connection and want to download on a seprate machine with a
> faster connection B) are experienced in rpm or other package managers
> and/or C) do not want a point and click install, but want more control
> over the procedure.
or D) use a machine which depends on a server for its Internet services.
>
Bill Hayles
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