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Originally posted by david_ross
[B]What exactly do you mean by "Once with NFS server and the other time with HTTP."?
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Every time I try to get through this process, the first screen gives me a selection menu with 3 items and asks me to "choose the installation method". The 3 options are:
NFS sever
FTP server
HTTP server
I have no idea which of these to use. Like I said in my first post, I didn't want to make this new linux box a server. And I wasn't planning to install from a server - just from the CD I made from the Mandrake 10 iso.
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Do you have a dhcp server on your network?
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I don't really have a network. I'm installing Mandrake 10 on an extra PC I have at home. And I don't intend to connect it to any other PCs (at this time atleast). I just want it to connect through my cable modem, provided by RCN, to the internet.
Here is part of the output from ipconfig /all on my Windows XP machine. It is what I previously was connecting the cable mode to.
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HP_P4_2800
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cable.rcn.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-6E-51-59-D1
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 216.15.100.55
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 216.15.100.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.122.64.222
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 207.172.3.8
207.172.3.9
After looking at this I tried NFS Server and DHCP since according to ipconfig I am using it. I made up a random Host name and gave the Domain name as cable.rcn.com. But it just locked up and eventually failed like the other 2 times I tried DHCP.
I also tried HTTP server with static. I tried plugging in some of the same IP addresses used on my windows machine. But is said the reverse name lookup on self failed. After a few minutes it did progress onto a screen that looked like the DHCP server screen, where it asked for my host and domain name. I think it then asked for the installation directory of Mandrake, which I didn't know. You'd think the install process would know that! Basicly I just hit cancel and I got sent back to square one at the "choose installation method" screen again