fc5, VmWare, install via telnet

[hank smith]

can you do this on 512 megs ram?
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From: "Ricky Enger" <renger at carolina.rr.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: fc5, VmWare, install via telnet


> Hi Juan,
> Yes, you can install FC5 via telnet on a virtual machine.  Here's what I 
> do.
> Create a virtual machine and for operating system type, choose "other
> Linux" or "other linux, 2.6 kernel".  Choose IDE rather than SCSI,
> and allow VmWare to allocate the full amount of disk space you intend
> to use rather than allowing it to grow as needed.  Once the vm is
> created, edit the properties for your CDRom to point to the DVD iso
> of FC5, or the first disk in the group of CD isos for FC5.
> Once you've powered on the vm, it takes a little guesswork to
> determine exactly when to begin typing, but I usually wait about
> three seconds after I hear the VM look at the floppy drive.  You can
> type the following to initiate a telnet install with DHCP.
> Linux text telnet dhcp
>
> Alternatively, you can assign an IP address by typing, for example,
> linux text telnet
> ip=192.168.0.1,netmask=255.255.255.0,gateway=192.168.1.1,ksdevice=/dev/eth0
>
> Once the install is complete, don't forget to change the properties
> of the CDRom so that it no longer points to the iso.  Otherwise,
> you'll get confused as to why you can't SSH in to the machine,
> neglecting to realize that the vm is still booting from the
> installation media.  Not that I speak from personal experience or
> anything, grin.
>
> Good luck,
> Ricky
>
> At 08:01 PM 3/28/2006, you wrote:
>
>>Hello everyone,
>>I just wanted to know if it is possible to do a telnet install for like 
>>fc5,
>>with
>>in a virtual machine, like vmware.
>>I'd like to setup fc5 in a virtual machine, but I can't do it bec there is
>>no speakup
>>enabled stuff for it yet, So I thought of doing it via telnet.
>>Any ideas?  Thanks
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