redhat linux 9 and speakup

[Lorenzo Prince]

But how can I get the address of the RH box?  I am on a home network where
the RH box would be 192.168.0.2.  But I had to configure that address.
Does the RH installation CD allow me to configure this before install?

Thanks,
Lorenzo

E Pluribus Unix

Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled:

> Hi. I'll try and break this down into as simple terms as possible.
>
> 1. we will assume your Linux system is on some sort of network weather it is
> home based, or one at a company.
> As such it should have a network card in it which is known to work with Red
> Hat out of the box. I know of Linksys and Realtech cards which are vary good
> for telnet style installs.
> 2. You would insert the Red Hat cdrom and at the boot prompt you would tell
> it something like:
> linux text telnet
> 3. Assuming your box can get a broadcast address, and the nic is compatible
> you can go to another computer on the network, and bring up a telnet cliant,
> and specify the address of the RH box.
> If you are in Linux speakup, and the Linux telnet client works great.
> However, if the other box has windows then I suggest using terraterm Pro and
> something like Jaws or Window Eyes to read the setup prompts.
> 4. If your telnet client connects ok to the box with RH installation, and
> then it should come up on your screen, and you can use the remote box to
> read the install prompts.
> If you don'
> If you don't have at least two computers on some sort of network and then
> the telnet install won't work for you. Same is true if you connected two
> computers via the serial ports. If you don't have two computers you won't be
> able to do the install.
> Then, your only options is to try a kickstart installation, or get sighted
> help.
>
>
>
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