Installing from DVD image via ftp

[Colin Paul Adams]

>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams <colin at colina.demon.co.uk> writes:

    Colin> Since the CD/DVD drive on a particular computer is
    Colin> unreliable, I am trying to install via ftp.

    Colin> I moved the Fedora-9-is86-DVD.iso image to the /pub
    Colin> directory of my ftp server, and tried supplying a URL to
    Colin> point to it (I tried both the image, and the pub directory
    Colin> as the URL). In each case, it appears to be looking for a
    Colin> file /pub/images/stage2.img (or something like that - I
    Colin> don't have the message in front of me right now.).

    Colin> How do I set up bfor ftp install? I can't find
    Colin> instructions.

I finally managed to find (by googling) some old instructions on
mounting the image on the loopback device. But despite evidence to the
contrary in the vsftpd.log file, it still says it can't find the
stage2.img file.
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire