But how can I get the address of the RH box? I am on a home network where the RH box would be 192.168.0.2. But I had to configure that address. Does the RH installation CD allow me to configure this before install? Thanks, Lorenzo E Pluribus Unix Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled: > Hi. I'll try and break this down into as simple terms as possible. > > 1. we will assume your Linux system is on some sort of network weather it is > home based, or one at a company. > As such it should have a network card in it which is known to work with Red > Hat out of the box. I know of Linksys and Realtech cards which are vary good > for telnet style installs. > 2. You would insert the Red Hat cdrom and at the boot prompt you would tell > it something like: > linux text telnet > 3. Assuming your box can get a broadcast address, and the nic is compatible > you can go to another computer on the network, and bring up a telnet cliant, > and specify the address of the RH box. > If you are in Linux speakup, and the Linux telnet client works great. > However, if the other box has windows then I suggest using terraterm Pro and > something like Jaws or Window Eyes to read the setup prompts. > 4. If your telnet client connects ok to the box with RH installation, and > then it should come up on your screen, and you can use the remote box to > read the install prompts. > If you don' > If you don't have at least two computers on some sort of network and then > the telnet install won't work for you. Same is true if you connected two > computers via the serial ports. If you don't have two computers you won't be > able to do the install. > Then, your only options is to try a kickstart installation, or get sighted > help. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
