CentOS - Dec 2005 - Install Successes!

The CentOS drive for the HP NC4010 is built.  I just needed to use 
external instead of USB power for my USB CDrom.  Go figure...

I did this in my hotel room, where they only have wireless.  I went 
down to the 'business center' and used an ethernet drop, but I don't
think the registration worked.  I didn't know that even for the 
ehternet drops you have to do that portal thing with your 
browser.  How do I determine if the registration was completed.

Now I am making headway, finally, on the Toshiba Portege 3490.

I was having TERRIBLE timing problems with the multiport extender.

Then I decided to THINK, and went into BIOS, changed the PCMCIA to 16 
bit cardbus, and the install is proceeding well.  I have my 3COM 574 
LAN card in so that the install will do the network installs.  And 
the desk gave me a WET11 so I will have an ethernet drop in the room, 
but I have to do the browser thing before I can register....

Next I have to get the wireless working on both the HP and 
Toshiba.  The HP has an internal Intel wireless card.  For the 
Toshiba I have LOTS of wireless PCMCIA cards from all sorts of vendors.

So getting a bit ahead of myself:

How do I proceed with the wireless networking install.  Also WPA 
support with both 802.1X and PSK.


Illegitimi non Carborundum

On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 23:54 -0500, Robert Moskowitz
wrote:
> The CentOS drive for the HP NC4010 is built.  I just needed to use 
> external instead of USB power for my USB CDrom.  Go figure...
> 
> I did this in my hotel room, where they only have wireless.  I went 
> down to the 'business center' and used an ethernet drop, but I
don't
> think the registration worked.  I didn't know that even for the 
> ehternet drops you have to do that portal thing with your 
> browser.  How do I determine if the registration was completed.
> 
> Now I am making headway, finally, on the Toshiba Portege 3490.
> 
> I was having TERRIBLE timing problems with the multiport extender.
> 
> Then I decided to THINK, and went into BIOS, changed the PCMCIA to 16 
> bit cardbus, and the install is proceeding well.  I have my 3COM 574 
> LAN card in so that the install will do the network installs.  And 
> the desk gave me a WET11 so I will have an ethernet drop in the room, 
> but I have to do the browser thing before I can register....
The registration thing is a (mostly neutered) hold over from the RHN
registration process ... it is not required for CentOS.

If you have issues, just do this while connected to the internet:

rpm -e rhn-applet up2date gnome-up2date

then 

yum install rhn-applet up2date gnome-up2date

and all should be well.


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