Fedora ftp install without a name server?

[Bill Freeman]

Ben Scott writes:
 > On 3/23/06, Bill Freeman <f at ke1g.mv.com> wrote:
 > > An interesting additional data point is that if I tell the ftp
 > > client on Knoppix to use passive mode, then I can no longer do
 > > transfers.
 > 
 >   Ah-ha!  I, too, suspect the cause of that problem is also causing a
 > problem for the installer.  I would expect the installer to use
 > passive mode, as it's generally considered the "better" of the two.

	It was a good try.  With the subnetword temporarily isolated
from the rest of the world, and the server firewall disabled, I could
ftp from knoppix in passive mode, including data connections, but FC5
installer still can't connect.  For now I'm starting to lean toward an
installer problem.  I guess I'll move on to running apache (or maybe
tux) on the server and see if the http install works.

							Bill