On 01/07/11 01:42, Martin McCormick wrote: <snipped>
> I have a DHCP server running on a Linux P.C. so I will be able to > tail the log and see what IP address the target gets when it tries > DHCP. <snipped> > If there is an ssh server built in to the installation process that > can be activated blindly, so to speak, at CD boot, that is actually a > more sustainable approach because a number of newer systems do not > have RS-232 ports any more. Some can accept a RS-232 USB converter at > the BIOS level, but they don't exist in my house. Neither does any > system that could boot from the USB port. I suspect that would require modification of the install cd. <snipped> Amended, simplified, install suggestion:- boot from debian cd wait till disk stops spinning arrow down three times enter once type install console=ttyS0,9660n8 enter once (should hear disk spinning) continue from your other machine Cheers -- “I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. 'I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' 'Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets!'” ~ Bill Hicks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e0d971e.2030...@gmail.com
