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My server computer is connected to the internet through a cable modem.  My
laptop where I will be installing RH is connected to the server conputer.
As far as I know, the only DHCP server is through my ISP.  Is there a DHCP
server I can put on my server so my laptop can grab an IP address from it?

Lorenzo

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Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled:

>
> Hi, Lorenzo. That is correct Red Hat can be installed over a telnet
> connection. Here is a simple walk through on how it is done.
>
> 1. Put in the Red Hat CD or floppy, and boot up on it.
> 2. At the boot prompt enter a command such as:
> text telnet
> 3. The install will attempt to capture a broadcast address from your dhcp
> server. Which you can ping, and once you know the ip you are set.
> 4. do a command like:
> telnet ip-address
> where ip-address is the ip address the RH setup has taken.
> 5. Finally, the setup should be on your screen, and you can install via
> telnet.
>
> You should keep in mind your nic should be Linux compatible, the computer
> doing the install needs to have some place to get an
> address from, etc.