this is a simplified (but not complete) 

Easy Setup of GNUDialer.

we are in NO WAY responsible for anything this does
or doesn't do to your system.

continue at your own risk.

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USE THE CDROM METHOD NOT THE URL METHOD FOR FC5 THROUGH FC6
(i will make sure kickstart files shortly)

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THIS WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR FC3 ** YEARS AGO
YOU NEED TO REPLACE THE OS DESIGNATION WITH WHATEVER
YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL (hmmm)

OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE REDHAT/FEDORA/CENTOS ORIENTED
(meaning you can't follow this for debian or slak or whatever)

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ALSO REMEMBER THESE ARE GEARED FOR THE OLD METHOD OF
TARBALL RELEASES (WE USE SVN NOW)

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ALSO REMEMBER THAT ASTERISK VERSIONS CHANGE ALL THE
TIME, SO THESE WILL MOST LIKELY REQUIRE UPDATES

SPECIAL NOTE: ASTERISK 1.4 REQUIRES SPECIAL CHANGES
TO THE LATEST SVN dialer.conf FILE (STILL)

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this setup is based on a few requirements

a box you are going to wipe completely as a new gnudialer box we will call this 
box 'dialer box' for the purposes of this setup document.


connect the dialer box to a network with a DHCP SERVER and high speed INTERNET 
ACCESS.

download and burn 

http://www.dynx.net/ASTERISK/gnudialer/easy_setup/FC3-i386-rescuecd.iso
(or you can use the install cd for FC3 (cd 1), or a FC3 dvd)

boot the cd, at the boot: prompt type in (remember this prompt doesn't stay 
forever, so type 'linux' right way so it doesn't continue booting, then finish 
the line below) 

linux ks=http://www.dynx.net/ASTERISK/gnudialer/easy_setup/ks.cfg
(hit enter)

select the eth device to use for dhcp (if more than one in system)

if you know how you want to partition your system then skip to '***', else i 
suggest you let it autopartition for you)

autopartition 
move to 'remove all partitions on this system'
tab to 'ok' hit enter
next page
tab to 'yes' hit enter
you should be viewing the partitions 
just hit F12 for 'ok'

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there is not a lot of onscreen info right here, so just be patient things will 
start moving soon. (keep in mind this is called 'easy setup' for a reason...
you don't do much)

once it does start moving it has a lot of things to install so you should busy 
yourself with other work and occasionally check the screen for issues.

once it is done installing, remove the cd, reboot (sometimes it won't let you 
eject, so just reboot, and eject the cd when it is starting back up)

login as root
password:  ~gnudialer (change this immediately)

wget http://www.dynx.net/ASTERISK/gnudialer/easy_setup/fc3_fresh_install.sh
chmod 755 fc3_fresh_install.sh
./fc3_fresh_install.sh

once again, there isn't much to do here but be patient and keep an eye out 
for obvious errors that may occur due to network issues

when it is done you will still need to setup zaptel (and recompile it if
needed)

once you have asterisk working

you will need to create /etc/gnudialer.conf and /etc/gdhosts.conf 
(remember to read all the README/INSTALL's for gnudialer)

you will need to create astcrm.conf and either place in your cgi-bin or rerun
make install in astcrm-1.1.5 dir


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other notes

if you don't want to install everything over the internet, and you have all 
the FC3 cd's (or the dvd), you can use this instead.

linux ks=http://www.dynx.net/ASTERISK/gnudialer/easy_setup/ks_cdrom.cfg

remember the fc3_fresh_install.sh still pulls files across the internet so 
please do NOT even attempt this over dialup.