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Description of problem:
Unable to read package information due to using relative path.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Booting from diskette, using text mode.  ISO images loop mounted on FTP server
as /disc1, /disc2, /disc3.  Using non-anonymous FTP account.

When retrieving the installation image, the installer uses a full path. 
Specifying path "/" to the installer, it issues the FTP command:

RETR /./disc1/RedHat/base ...

and this succeeds.  However, when the installer comes to read the package
information, it uses a relative path and issues the FTP command:

CWD disc1

which is relative to the home directory of the FTP account, and this fails.

The process also fails if the ISO images are mounted as sub-directories of the
FTP account home directory, say as /home/user/iso/disc1, etc.  If "iso" is
specified to the installer, it assumes this is an absolute path (and "/iso" with
the leading slash appears in the dialog box).  If "/home/user/iso" is specified,
the boot succeeds, but reading the package information fails since the installer
issues the FTP command "CWD home".

Clearly the installer is assuming a chrooted environment.  Workaround is to set
up symbolic links to satisfy both the boot process and the unpackaging process.

This seems to be the problem reported in bug 76217 (looking at "Actual
Results"), but I thought it best to open a new bug.

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