Fedora xen - Apr 2006 - anaconda install -- getting networking right

I''m trying to do a local install, I''ve copied my 4 b5 cds to 
/var/www/html/rpmcache and turned indexing on in apache. For reference, 
my laptop''s ip address is 192.168.45.3. SELinux disabled; service 
iptables stop;

Stuff I didn''t see in the quickstart that slowed me down included:
- a pretty quick example of how anaconda expects the install 
directories. Having used User Mode Linux and those various yum-based 
install hacks, I started off just by copying all the rpms into one 
directory, and realized that it actually wanted all the files on the cds.
- should I expect dhcp from anaconda to work OOTB? Not so much. Is there 
a host configuration I need? Does host need to run dhcpd? Am I running 
as if the host is my gateway? If I''m bridged, I wouldn''t think
so, but
if I can''t get a dhcp lease off the network, what''s blocking
me?
- an example of sane network numbers to use. Comming from a UML 
background, I''m used to setting up a 10-network behind a tun device.
Now
I have a bridged network connection, so I''m guessing I can just use the
next logical lan address, 192.168.45.202. However, I can''t tell why my 
anaconda can''t contact 192.168.45.201. It''s not worth
specifying
127.0.0.1 from anaconda. Was it an error to specify 
http://localhost/rpmcache/ on the command line python script? Tried 
again with http://192.168.45.201/rpmcache/disk1/, no connection to httpd 
server. Is this install process not intended to interact with dom0 port 80?

I''m sure there''s prolly something simple that I''ve
skipped, but I can''t
see it. Is there a way to diagnose the network connection? I admit to 
not having scrutinized the list closely, but I don''t see any posts in 
the archives discussing my issue.

I''ve gotten so much further this time than with FC4+Xen, it''s
not
crashing and freezing my machine, I can''t be far away. Help
appreciated.
TIA.

Jed