My server computer is connected to the internet through a cable modem. My laptop where I will be installing RH is connected to the server conputer. As far as I know, the only DHCP server is through my ISP. Is there a DHCP server I can put on my server so my laptop can grab an IP address from it? Lorenzo ----==-- _ / / \ ---==---(_)__ __ ____ __ / / /\ \ --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / / /_/\ \ \ -=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ /______\ \ \ A proud member of TeamLinux \_________\/ -- CHaley (HAC), haley at unm.edu, ch008cth at pi.lanl.gov) Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled: > > Hi, Lorenzo. That is correct Red Hat can be installed over a telnet > connection. Here is a simple walk through on how it is done. > > 1. Put in the Red Hat CD or floppy, and boot up on it. > 2. At the boot prompt enter a command such as: > text telnet > 3. The install will attempt to capture a broadcast address from your dhcp > server. Which you can ping, and once you know the ip you are set. > 4. do a command like: > telnet ip-address > where ip-address is the ip address the RH setup has taken. > 5. Finally, the setup should be on your screen, and you can install via > telnet. > > You should keep in mind your nic should be Linux compatible, the computer > doing the install needs to have some place to get an > address from, etc.
