Hello, I think you can install over a serial line with most distros. I was trying this with slackware 8.1 which was the current version at the time but since I didnt have a nullmodem cable it failed. what you do and someone correct me if i'm wrong is pass the param console=ttyS0 or something like that on the kernel commandline. It's been a while since I did this so I forget the details. On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 06:33:16AM -0600, Vortek, Eater Of Souls! wrote: > Hello everyone, > I believe this question has been asked before, and therefore, I > apologise for asking again. > I'm wondering about alternative ways of installing linux. > I heard someone talking about installing over a serial connection, and > also heard about installing over a telnet connection. > I'm wondering which of these is possible, and with which distrobutions. > I have a pentium 166 with 16mb of ram, so any newer Redhat releases are > probably out, unless you can force it to install on a system that the > installer doesn't like. > I've heard that newer Redhat distros refuse to install on anything with > less than 64mb of RAM. > Any help would be greatly appriciated. > Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
