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1.3. Preparing for a Network Installation
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation media must be available for either a network installation
(via NFS, FTP, or HTTP) or installation via local storage. Use the following steps if you are perform-
ing an NFS, FTP, or HTTP installation.
The NFS, FTP, or HTTP server to be used for installation over the network must be a seperate machine
which can provide the complete
directories must be available and populated with all files from all installation CD-ROMs.
Note
The directory specified in the following refers to
directory up to, but not including, the
Enterprise Linux 3 installation files located in
/location/of/disk/space/
To copy the
RedHat/
installation staging server, perform the following steps:
For each binary CD-ROM, execute the following commands:
•
mount /mnt/cdrom
•
cp -var /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /location/of/disk/space
•
where
/location/of/disk/space/
umount /mnt/cdrom/
•
Note that the Release Notes are not included in the
•
copied over, the Release Notes will not be available during your installation of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux. The Release Notes are formatted in HTML files located at the root of the disc. Copy the files
to your installation directory. For example:
cp /mnt/cdrom/RELEASE-NOTES*.html /location/of/disk/space/
The Release Notes are also available online from http://www.redhat.com/docs/.
Next, make
• /location/of/disk/space/
or HTTP and verify access from a client.
For NFS, export the directory by adding an entry to
•
/location/of/disk/space client.ip.address(ro,no_root_squash)
To export to all machines (not appropriate for all NFS systems), add:
/location/of/disk/space *(ro,no_root_squash)
Start the NFS daemon (on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux machine, use
). If NFS is already running, reload the configuration file (on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux
start
system, use
/usr/bin/service nfs reload
Be sure to test the NFS share following the directions in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux System
Administration Guide.
If the directory does not appear in the NFS shared directory, the wrong path may have
RedHat/
been mounted and/or exported.
RedHat/
RedHat/
would be
/export/redhat/
directory from the installation CD-ROMs to a Linux machine which acts as an
Chapter 1. Steps to Get You Started
directory. Both the
RedHat/base/
/location/of/disk/space/
distribution directory. For example, if you have Red Hat
/export/redhat/
.
is a directory you create such as
directory. Unless they are specifically
RedHat
accessible to the installation program via NFS, FTP,
/etc/exports
).
and
RedHat/RPMS/
. This means it is the
on the installation staging server,
/export/redhat/
to export to a specific system:
/sbin/service nfs