if you use comm then you will not get gui based installation
first try gui installation for that :
you have two options : Using VNC Using remote display.
for VNC you should have running configured VNC server on same subnet for remote display You are required to have a linux machine or windows machine with utility like Xmanager. on the same subnet.
remote display is easy once you boot from media ( I assuming you are using Redhat ) , it waits for nearly one minute for you to pass boot time argument. at this instance give an argument display=<ip address of your other machine>:0 (note you should have executed xhost + on the other machine). here after all installation screen will come on remote machine.
for VNC :
use vnc follwed by vncpassword=<passwd> as the boot time argument.
for comm : (text based only)
use serial as boot time argument. this terns on serial console mode. on the machine you have you have conneted serial port cable you should be running some comm software ex. minicom (lin) hypertext terminal (win).
try any of them. good luck.
bye mks
Richard Chang writes:
On Wednesday, June 01, 2005 9:10 PM mahesh@fragnel.ac.in wrote
if wipro box has com port you can diver display (at boot time) to another machine. Look at minicom / hyper terminal and /etc/inittab options. once it is booted you can use telnet or ssh or XDMP for display from other terminal. bye mks
Yes it has. How do I do it?. I dont want to use a VGA card to setup RH9.
rgds, rc