The Case of the Unknown Host

[Andrew Wagner]

I put ftp://speakupmodified.org into my browser and navigated using
the link you posted to tell me what directories to try. It looks like
current is just a shortcut to 5, so try pasting this into your
browser:
ftp://speakupmodified.org/fedora/speakupmodified/5/RPMS/

On 5/26/06, propaine <propaine at verizon.net> wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> In the hope of downloading the Speakup-modified FC5 images, I've just tried several times to ftp to
>
> ftp://ftp.SpeakupModified.Org/fedora/speakupmodified/current/RPMS/
>
> I just got this link via a Google search.  When I followed it as a link from the message my search had landed on, I saw a user name of anonymous, but I found no place to put a password and seemed unable to do anything but click on Internet Explorer's most unhelpful help.
>
> When I try using ftp from the command prompt, I get "unknown host."  I typed using all lowercase, and again with exactly the capitalization as above.  I even tried eliminating everything after the .Org.  I think I tried both with and without the slash at the end.
>
> I did that Google search a few minutes ago because I had the same problem with
>
> ftp://SpeakupModified.org/fedora/speakupmodified/current/RPMS/
>
> even using the Linux machine I had in my classroom this morning.  I drew hope from the small difference in the link I got this afternoon, but it seems there's something wrong other than the ftp address.
>
> I looked at a chapter on ftp in an old Harley Hahn book on using the Internet, and it seems to me that I have the syntax right.  I know I must be missing something, though.  Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Propaine
>
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