Anyone got an FTP install to work?

[Deepak Shrestha]

On 7/28/06, Reg Clemens <reg at dwf.com> wrote:
> Has anyone got a FTP install to work with Fedora5?
>
> I seem to have two problems
>
>     (1) First, instead of passing the top level directory to the FTP
> install, I have to pass the directory with the RPMS in it.  This places
> the core directory and the RELEASE-NOTES above it in the dir
> tree, which doesnt seem right.  But its the only way to get it to
> stop complaining about not being able to get to repodata/repomd.xml .
>
>     (2) At this point I can get a few screens further, but as soon as I
> give the install program the root pasword and hit return, I get a message
> saying "Unexpected interrupt" and that this is probably a programming
> error (sigh).
>
> So I repeat my question from above.
>
>     Has ANYONE got this thing working?
>
> And what did you have todo to make it work...
>
> I may give HTML rather than FTP a shot tomorrow, but it would be
> REALLY NICE if somewhere they told you exactally what directory
> this thing actually wanted to have past to it...
>
> --
>                                         Reg.Clemens
>                                         reg at dwf.com
>
>

For me I installed FC5 through local HTTP and works without problem.
Give it a try, may be it works.

regards