Re: telnet installation of Redhat

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Is there yet an image with speakup in it for rh 9.0? Is there yet out a
notetaker capable of telnetting? I need a note-taking device soon anyways.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: telnet installation of Redhat


> Here's how to use telnet to install Red Hat 9. Of course you need two
> computers to do this. I will refer to the machine where Red Hat 9 is
> being installed as the target system. I will refer to the other computer
> as the control system.
>
> 1.) Obtain RH 9 either on media, or as ISO images. You may install
> from the iso images if you can put them on a partition on the target
> system that you will not be formatting during your installation.
>
> 2.) Boot the installation on the target system using either floppy
> disks or the first installation CD ROM. At the boot> prompt type:
>
> text telnet
>
> If you're using floppy disks, you may need more than one
> disk in order to get all the drivers the installation
> will require. In that case you would type the following
> at the boot> prompt:
>
> text dd telnet
>
> You will not have speech during this process. You need
> to monitor disk activity to know when to take the next
> action. The pause at the boot> prompt is short--only 10
> seconds by default, though you can edit that value by
> editing the syslinux.cfg file on your boot media. You
> press enter twice while swapping floppy disks.
>
> 3.) When the last of your boot media stops, press TAB once and then
> press ENTER.
>
> 4.) At this point you've finished working on the target system and
> can switch to the control system.
> 5.) Ping the broadcast address of your network to discover the
> address assigned to your target system.
>
> 6.) Telnet to the address of the target system and proceed with the
> Red Hat installation.
>
> Note that lengthy paragraphs can be written about step 5. I'll assume
> you know how to do step 5 unless you ask for help with that.
>
> Additional installation help is available in the HOWTO at:
>
> http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
>
> which will contain the telnet process when we update it for Red Hat 9.
> Also, consult Red Hat's excellent online documentation at:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/rhl9.html
>
> Lorenzo Prince writes:
> > From: Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > I understand there is a way to install RH9 using telnet from another
> > machine.  Unfortunately, looking at the documentation, I can't seem to
> > find how to do this.  There was a message on the Speakup list about
this,
> > but I don't have it to refer back to anymore.  Can someone tell me how
to
> > do this or give me a URL where I can find documentation on this feature?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lorenzo
> >
> > I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development
> > That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb.  Thank you.
> > -- Vance Petree, Virginia Power
> >
> >
> >
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> --
>
> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>
> Email: janina@xxxxxxx Phone: (202) 408-8175
>
>
>
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