installing remotely

[Butch Bussen]

Thanks.  I'd probably use dhcp as this seems easier.  I know where my 
router starts numbering machines, so it isn't hard to find as I have the 
other machines on the network set to static ip addresses.
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr

On Thu, 9 Nov 
2006, Tom Moore wrote:

> If my memory serves me right the instructions are:
> At the boot prompt once you put the cd in the drive type:
> Text telnet ksdev=/dev/eth0 ip=www.xxx.yyy.zzz netmask=www.xxx.yyy.zzz
> gateway=www.xxx.yyy.zzz
> /dev/eth0 being the first network card in the machine that Fedora detects.
> I believe you can use dhcp as well, but if you do that then you'll have to
> hunt around for the machine to see what ip it was given by the dhcp server
> so when I do an install like this I can always know where the machine is.
>
> Tom
>
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> Subject: installing remotely
>
> I've seen references on thist occasionally on either using telnet or a
> "serial console" to install from another machine.  What do I type at the
> first prompt to do this?
> I run an i r l p ham radio Linux box and have done four of these, but
> always needed sighted help to do the initial install.  Once I get up and
> running I can use my windows machine witha terminal program and winscp to
> do what I need.  Hoping there is a way to do this without sighted help.
> 73s
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
>
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