telnet install of fedora core 2?

[Janina Sajka]

No, they broke telnet installation in Fedora 2. This bug was reported via Bugzilla. Bill also got a fix working which we tested. But, you need a recent Speakup Modified. You won't get it anywhere else.

Steve Holmes writes:
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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.
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> 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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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

		Chair, Accessibility Workgroup
	Free Standards Group (FSG)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175