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Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Figure 2-4. Selecting Partition Dialog for Hard Drive Installation
The Select Partition screen applies only if you are installing from a disk partition (that is, if you
selected Hard Drive in the Installation Method dialog). This dialog allows you to name the disk
partition and directory from which you are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Enter the device name of the partition containing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux ISO images. There is
also a field labeled Directory holding images.
If the ISO images are in the root (top-level) directory of that partition, enter the path to the ISO images
(for example, if the partition on which the ISO images are located is normally mounted as
,
/home/
and the images are in
, you would enter
).
/home/new/
new
If the ISO images are not in the root (top-level) directory of that partition, enter the full path to the ISO
images (for example, if the ISO images are located in
, you would enter
).
/test/new/
/test/new/
After you have identified the disk partition, the Welcome dialog appears.
2.5. Performing a Network Installation
If you are performing a network installation, the Configure TCP/IP dialog appears. This dialog asks
for your IP and other network addresses. You can choose to configure the IP address and Netmask of
the device via DHCP or manually. If manually, enter the IP address you are using during installation
and press [Enter]. The installation program attempts to guess your Netmask based on your IP address;
you may change the netmask if it is incorrect. Press [Enter]. The installation program guesses the
Default gateway and Primary nameserver addresses from your IP address and netmask; you may
change them if they are incorrect.
2.6. Installing via NFS
The NFS dialog applies only if you are installing from an NFS server (if you selected NFS Image in
the Installation Method dialog).
Enter the domain name of your NFS server. For example, if you are installing from a host named
in the domain
, enter
in the NFS Server field.
eastcoast
example.com
eastcoast.example.com
Next, enter the name of the exported directory. If you followed the setup described in Section 1.6
Preparing for a Network Installation, you would enter the directory
/location/of/disk/space/
which contains the
directory.
RedHat/
If the NFS server is exporting a mirror of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation tree, enter
the directory which contains the
directory. (If you do not know this directory
RedHat/
path, ask your system administrator.) For example, if the NFS site contains the directory
, enter
(where arch is replaced
/mirrors/redhat/arch/RedHat/
/mirrors/redhat/arch/
with the architecture type of your system, such as i386, ia64, ppc, or s390). If everything was
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