You are not so limited during an installation. Notice that you have multiple consoles available during an installation. I believe most distros provide that. I know Fedora does. In fedora: Console 1 is the installation screens Console 2 is an ash prompt Consoles 3 and 4 provide logging data useful when there are problems. Glenn at home writes: > But of course I was limited on what I could do when I needed the IP address, > since I was doing a network install, and did not have Linux installed yet. > Perhaps the root command would have helped at that point, but I don't know. > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> > To: <arimo at netsonic.fi>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 8:41 AM > Subject: Re: IP address > > > Thanks, I see from what you sent, that my router IP is used. > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ari Moisio" <armoi at sci.fi> > To: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "Speakup is a screen review > system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 12:27 AM > Subject: Re: IP address > > > HI! > > One way to get ip address is to send mail to oneself or mailing list > and examine headers, specially last Received:-line. This will tell ip > address off your computer. Your message revealed ip address 24.116.252.4 > (24-116-252-4.cpe.cableone.net). > > > -- > arimo > > On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Glenn at home wrote: > > > I have a router and I also have XP on the router, so I did the windows XP > > command in a Dos Shell: > > ipconfig > > and I took the IP address for the XP machine of: > > 192.168.0.106 > > and subtracted one to be: > > 192.168.0.105 > > and it worked for my FTP server as well as Debian in general. > > I don't know how I would have gottin the IP address without having the XP > > machine on the same router. > > Glenn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Richard Wells" <richwels at bupster.cjb.net> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 10:16 AM > > Subject: Re: IP address > > > > > > ifconfig only works if you are not behind a router. That is, you will get > > an > > ip address but it will be something like 192.168... That won't help you > > get > > the actual external ip address which is what you will need. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram at nc.rr.com> > > To: "'Glenn at home'" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "'Speakup is a screen > > review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 12:00 AM > > Subject: RE: IP address > > > > > > ifconfig > > > > Take care, > > Sina > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > > On Behalf Of Glenn at home > > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:41 PM > > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > Subject: IP address > > > > > > What is the command I can use to find the IP address that my FTPD server > > can > > > > be identified as on the www? > > I typed man ftpd and did not find anything to help here. > > Thanks > > Glenn > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 If Linux doesn't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
