telnet installation of Redhat

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Darrell:

Well, I understand there's supposed to be, but when I first ran mine,
Bill told me he had never been able to get a static to respond. So, I
just ran dhcp because I could, and I needed to get an installation
accomplished. So, I've not looked into it myself.


Darrell Shandrow writes:
> From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net>
> 
> Hi Janina,
> 
> Is there no way to hard-code a static IP address on the target?
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 7:30 AM
> Subject: Re: telnet installation of Redhat
> 
> 
> > Here's how to use telnet to install Red Hat 9. Of course you need two
> > computers to do this. I will refer to the machine where Red Hat 9 is
> > being installed as the target system. I will refer to the other computer
> > as the control system.
> >
> > 1.) Obtain RH 9 either on media, or as ISO images. You may install
> > from the iso images if you can put them on a partition on the target
> > system that you will not be formatting during your installation.
> >
> > 2.) Boot the installation on the target system using either floppy
> > disks or the first installation CD ROM. At the boot> prompt type:
> >
> > text telnet
> >
> > If you're using floppy disks, you may need more than one
> > disk in order to get all the drivers the installation
> > will require. In that case you would type the following
> > at the boot> prompt:
> >
> > text dd telnet
> >
> > You will not have speech during this process. You need
> > to monitor disk activity to know when to take the next
> > action. The pause at the boot> prompt is short--only 10
> > seconds by default, though you can edit that value by
> > editing the syslinux.cfg file on your boot media. You
> > press enter twice while swapping floppy disks.
> >
> > 3.) When the last of your boot media stops, press TAB once and then
> > press ENTER.
> >
> > 4.) At this point you've finished working on the target system and
> > can switch to the control system.
> > 5.) Ping the broadcast address of your network to discover the
> > address assigned to your target system.
> >
> > 6.) Telnet to the address of the target system and proceed with the
> > Red Hat installation.
> >
> > Note that lengthy paragraphs can be written about step 5. I'll assume
> > you know how to do step 5 unless you ask for help with that.
> >
> > Additional installation help is available in the HOWTO at:
> >
> > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
> >
> > which will contain the telnet process when we update it for Red Hat 9.
> > Also, consult Red Hat's excellent online documentation at:
> >
> > http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/rhl9.html
> >
> > Lorenzo Prince writes:
> > > From: Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net>
> > >
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > I understand there is a way to install RH9 using telnet from another
> > > machine.  Unfortunately, looking at the documentation, I can't seem to
> > > find how to do this.  There was a message on the Speakup list about
> this,
> > > but I don't have it to refer back to anymore.  Can someone tell me how
> to
> > > do this or give me a URL where I can find documentation on this feature?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Lorenzo
> > >
> > > I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development
> > > That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb.  Thank you.
> > > -- Vance Petree, Virginia Power
> > >
> > >
> > >
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				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