I've made enough coasters with the name of an office supply
store printed on them, so I decided to try an ftp install of Fedora 5.
I've got a box with the iso files on it, mounted via the loop
back device, and vsftpd running behind my router. From the target
box, using knoppix, I can anonymous ftp to the server, using its
192.168... IP address, and I see the requisite files.
Booting from one of my semi-coasters with "askmethod", it
seems to get a suitable IP address from the router's DHCP server.
But it doesn't seem to be able to connect to the server.
My current theory is that the installer can't take an IP
address as the server "name". (Certainly the sample screen shot in
the install guide shows the use of an FQDN.)
So, my questions:
Is there a special syntax to use when specifying the use
of an IP address, rather than a DN, when filling in the blanks
in anaconda?
Or is there a cheap and dirty DNS hack that I could start
on the server (there's no virtual terminal with a shell on the target
at this point, so I don't think that I could fix it there)?
Or (most likely) am I missing something obvious?
Bill
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