Installing from DVD image via ftp

[Antonio Olivares]

> Since the CD/DVD drive  on a particular computer is
> unreliable, I am
> trying to install via ftp.
> 
> I moved the Fedora-9-is86-DVD.iso image to the /pub
> directory of my
> ftp server, and tried supplying a URL to point to it (I
> tried both the
> image, and the pub directory as the URL). In each case, it
> appears to
> be looking for a file /pub/images/stage2.img (or something
> like that -
> I don't have the message in front of me right now.).
> 
> How do I set up bfor ftp install? I can't find
> instructions.
> -- 
> Colin Adams
> Preston Lancashire
> 
> -- 

While I do not know if the advice below will help(or applies to Fedora 9), you may give it a try in the meantime, if you do not mind of course

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-install-guide-en/fc5/ch-other-install-methods.html

Sorry for the double post, but here is the newer guide for fedora 9 from install notes:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/ch-other-install-methods.html#sn-alt-install-method

Regards,

Antonio