The laptop is connected via a crossover cable to the server in a second nic whose address is 10.1.1.1. The netmask for this nic is 255.255.255.0. The address of my laptop is normally 10.1.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0. However, this is configured by /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 on a slackware system I currently have installed. The RH9 CD would naturally bypass this script. Lorenzo Waving away a cloud of smoke, I look up, and am blinded by a bright, white light. It's God. No, not Richard Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, but God. In a booming voice, He says: "THIS IS A SIGN. USE LINUX, THE FREE UNIX SYSTEM FOR THE 386. -- Matt Welsh Janina Sajka staggered into view and mumbled: > Lorenzo Prince writes: > > > > laptop where I will be installing RH is connected to the server conputer. > > K. How? Over a cross-over cable? Via a hub? Does that laptop you want to > install RH9 on connect to yourserver over TCP/IP? How? What address does > it have? And what netmask? > > As you see, "connect" has many meanings. > More details would help. > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >