Turbolinux 10 Server: Install Guide
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1.2. Network Installation Information

The installation contains various prompts for network configuration information. Your choice of installation method will determine the order of the prompts and what information is required. The checklist that follows describes the network configuration information which you will need and gives you the chance to collect it all before beginning the installation.

Depending upon the type of installation you perform and the type of network protocols you use, you may not need to supply all the information in this list.

1.2.1. Network Configuration Checklist

Boot media

You may install Turbolinux 10 Server directly from the Install CD-ROMs if you have a bootable CD-ROM drive. Instructions for installing Turbolinux on machines without a bootable CD-ROM drives can be found in Appendix A.

Network file transfer method

Turbolinux supports package installation from NFS or FTP server-exported directories. These methods allow for installation of Turbolinux over your network without the use of the install CD's. These installation methods are also discussed in Appendix A.

Method of determining IP address

The installation program can be configured to determine network information for your system in one of the following ways:

Statically
Your IP address and other network information is static. It is assigned to your system and does not change. To use this option, you should be prepared to supply your IP address, netmask, default gateway and primary DNS name server.
DHCP
A network server dynamically assigns an IP address to your machine and supplies other required network information each time your machine is booted as required by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

Network names

The installation program will ask you for the following system and network information:

Hostname (use an FQDN if available)
DNS name servers
Gateway IP address
(Optional) Secondary name server (IP address)
(Optional) Tertiary name server (IP address)
NFS server name (or IP address) or FTP server name (or IP address) and FTP login name and password
Path to the Turbolinux 10 Server directory

1.2.2. Network Settings

If you plan to use a network card with Turbolinux, you will need some information about your network configuration and environment.

This information can be obtained in one of two ways.

The first is via the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol: a network server dynamically assigns an IP address to your machine and supplies other required network information each time your machine is booted and as required by the protocol.

The other method is to ask your network administrator for the following information:

The name of your computer (e.g., mypc). In Internet terminology, this is called the hostname. Joining this with your Internet domain name (e.g., "turbolinux.com") produces your FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name). This is required if you are on a Local Area Network even if you cannot access the Internet.
IP address. This is a number which uniquely identifies your computer on a network. When written, it is usually broken into four numbers (each greater than 0 and less than 255) and delimited by periods.
Netmask. The netmask (a shortened name for subnet mask), determines the "size" of your network in terms of how widely broadcast messages should be propagated (and listened to). It is written in a format similar to IP addresses.
Default Gateway. This is the IP address of the machine (generally called a "router") which your computer will rely on to forward (or "route") network packets to the appropriate location.
Primary name server. This is the IP address of the server that converts fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) to numeric IP addresses.

If you are using a network installation source as detailed in Section A.4, you will also need the IP address or FQDN for the server from which you are installing regardless of the protocol (FTP or NFS) used to transfer the files.