Dasboard not connecting to SubDirectory sites in Multiuser

Hi I am stuck, read many posts regarding this subject but don’t find the exact path problem or solution.

I have setup Bitnami Multisite. This was a SubDirectory install as I am trying to redo sites from SiteGrinder to WP. I have enabled networking in wp-config.php

/* Multisite */
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);

then edited wp-config.php to

define('MULTISITE', true);
define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false);
define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', '127.0.0.1');
define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/wordpress/');
define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);

then edited .htaccess to

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

The result I get is strange as it should be handled in .htaccess

when invoking dashboard this is the result. https://127.0.0.1/wordpress/just-4-u-books/wp-admin/ and the REDIRECT ERROR MESSAGE!

Obviously, when invoking dashboard, Firefox errors, can’t redirect. Bitnami sets the instal up as wordpress/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-content

Are the 2 wordpress sub-directories confusing matters? or, as a newbie am I wrong and clueless?