Re: [SLE] can't add installation sources?

From: Carl E. Hartung (suselinux_at_cehartung.com)
Date: 02/13/05

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    Steve Lett wrote:
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    | Unable to create installation source from URL
    'http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/9.1/i586/'.
    | Details: ERROR(InstSrc:E_no_instsrc_on_media)

    Hi Steve,

    This is the error message you get when YaST can't find required
    directories and certain files.

    Just so you know, a proper SuSE Installation Source isn't just any old
    directory on any old ftp server... the directories are organized in a
    specific layout and certain files have to be found in just the right
    places for YaST's YOU and Install & Remove Software modules to recognize
    and use them.

    If you want to know what a proper source looks like, open up your DVD or
    a CD in your browser, then check out the contents and layout at an
    ftp.suse.com mirror. Just study the way things are organized there and
    pay particular attention to subdirectories called 'yast-source'. :-)

    Oh, and one final note: You also get that message if you've picked a
    proper source but enter the path in YaST using leading or trailing
    slashes (/). Example (don't try, just off the top of my head): server:
    ftp.suse.com path: pub/suse/i386/9.2/yast-source <- this format works.
    If you use 'ftp.suse.com/' or '/pub/suse/i386/9.2/' or any variation of
    these, you get stuck with the above error message.

    HTH & regards,

    - - Carl

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