stupid linux question

[thecoolnessrune]

No I'm not *that* new to Linux, but I do have a simple yet irritating problem. I like to do most of my installations from the internet rather than downloading one large ISO. The problem is some Linux flavors require you to first enter the server, and then the directory. The problem is, for the life of me, I can never enter it the way the setup wants. For instance, I am installing openSUSE 10.2. I'm using Japan's servers. This is the address:

ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linu...ibution/10.2/repo/oss/

However I can not break it into the right order. I tried:

Server: ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp
Directory: pub/Linux/openSUSE/distribution/10.2/repo/oss

Server: ftp.jaist.ac.jp
Directory: /pub/Linux/openSUSE/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/

Along with several other combinations. I know this is a really simple matter. But could someone please tell me how you lay this stuff out in Linux. Then I can remember it and I wont have this stupid problem again. Thank you.

 

[cleverhandle]

I can't help you, but if it makes you feel any better I remember being frustrated with this exact thing the one time I played with SuSE years ago. It amazes me that other distros still haven't figured out how to incorporate a mirror list that handles all this automatically during the install, like Debian does. In any event, this is definitely specific to SuSE's installer - if you don't get an answer here, ask on a SuSE-specific forum.