This is mostly correct. One suggestion: Rather than ksdevice=eth0, use the mac address to be very certain telnet will talk to the device you intend: ksdevice=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff PS: The advice here references Fedora, none others. Tom Moore writes: > 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 -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.595.7777 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
