Re: Do they make it hard on purpose?
From: Andreas Stieger (Andreas.Stieger_at_gmx.de)
Date: 07/12/03
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Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 20:47:04 +0200
John Culleton wrote:
> If I say ftp install it wants a hardware ip address.
Wrong. The IP address in not hardware.
> Now in the world am I supposed to know what the hardware address of
> some remote server is?
ping the server.
> But the instructions require me to key in a string at the boot prompt
> which prompt I never get. When I end up in manual install it wants an ip
> address which I don't have. So how does one install the thing?
ping the server and use that IP address. Try harder.
-- I use Linux because it assumes the user is reasonably bright.
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