telnet install of fedora core 2?

[Steve Holmes]

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A lot of machines default to having telnet disabled since ssh is much
more secure.  Wonder if you are being caught by that one.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 04:47:34PM -0400, Jacob Schmude wrote:
> Hi
> 	OK, the installer runs, but I can't connect to it. Here's what I get the first time I try to telnet into the IP 
> it's using:
> Trying 192.168.1.102...
> Connected to 192.168.1.102.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> and if I try again after that I get a simple connection refused message. I'm trying to telnet in through my linux 
> desktop using the standard telnet command. What am I missing? This s a DHCP-supplied IP, if I give it an IP manually and 
> try to telnet in it just hangs there indefinitely. I even tried running nmap on it and it appears that *all* ports are 
> closed. Do I need to configure a something in my router, a port forward to forward the telnet port, perhaps?
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 04:07:54PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> > Get the Speakup Modified Fedora Distribution. At the boot> prompt supply:
> > 
> > text telnet
> > 
> > if you're plugged into a source of dhcp addresses. Else do something like:
> > 
> > text telnet ip=123.456.789.012 netmask=255.255.255.0
> > 
> > Jacob Schmude writes:
> > > Hi all
> > > 	Just got a new laptop that I'd like to install FC2 on. Problem is, 
> > > it doesn't have any serial ports--they're getting harder to find by the 
> > > day. I remember a while back it was discussed that RH9 could be installed 
> > > via telnet. Is this possible with FC2 and if so how would I go about it? 
> > > Everything in this laptop is linux compatible, so getting the network 
> > > adapter up and running isn't going to be an issue, so I'd like to install 
> > > FC2 this way if the option is available. If not, I'll use a kickstart 
> > > file, though I'd rather not.
> > > Thanks
> > > 
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