Thanks. I'd probably use dhcp as this seems easier. I know where my router starts numbering machines, so it isn't hard to find as I have the other machines on the network set to static ip addresses. 73s Butch Bussen wa0vjr On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Tom Moore wrote: > If my memory serves me right the instructions are: > At the boot prompt once you put the cd in the drive type: > Text telnet ksdev=/dev/eth0 ip=www.xxx.yyy.zzz netmask=www.xxx.yyy.zzz > gateway=www.xxx.yyy.zzz > /dev/eth0 being the first network card in the machine that Fedora detects. > I believe you can use dhcp as well, but if you do that then you'll have to > hunt around for the machine to see what ip it was given by the dhcp server > so when I do an install like this I can always know where the machine is. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Butch Bussen > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:34 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Cc: RadSurfer at yahoo.com > Subject: installing remotely > > I've seen references on thist occasionally on either using telnet or a > "serial console" to install from another machine. What do I type at the > first prompt to do this? > I run an i r l p ham radio Linux box and have done four of these, but > always needed sighted help to do the initial install. Once I get up and > running I can use my windows machine witha terminal program and winscp to > do what I need. Hoping there is a way to do this without sighted help. > 73s > Butch Bussen > wa0vjr > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.0/524 - Release Date: 11/8/2006 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.0/524 - Release Date: 11/8/2006 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >