Is an internet connection absolutely needed during install?

[lerninlinux]

Tonight I am going to start installing Red Hat 6.2 on an old box I have. (My first install!!) It has no NIC, no modem. Will I need an internet connection during the install? I have a RH install disk that came with an Element K book on Linux and I have purused the install instructions without finding anything that says I can't do the install w/o the internet but wanted to make sure.

I know the PC will not be much fun in the longrun without an internet connection, but I will fix that later. I am just itching to try an install. Again, it is more of an exerise to learn about Linux at this point.

Thanks in advance

[blizz]

Go for it .. an internet connection is not a requirement for cd installation.

[lerninlinux]

Woo hoo, that TBD below may be replaced with a number by morning!!

Thanks for the reply!!

[lerninlinux]

...of course, you can't install from the CD-ROM is broken. Oh well...