Installation of fedora 10 from install DVD, but with no monitor

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Published on 2008-12-12T17:30:07Z Indexed on 2010/04/28 20:48 UTC
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Hi all,

I have an oldish box running fedora 2. I want to do a fresh install with fedora 10, but I do not have a screen/monitor for it (all my other machines are laptops).

To save buying a monitor, does anyone have any idea how I can install with no screen?

Thanks,

Don.

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