Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 - INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR X86-ITANIUMTM-AMD64 AND INTEL EXTENDED MEMORY 64 TECHNOLO Installation Manual page 19

Chapter 2. Steps to Get You Started
You may need to create a diskette from an image file; for example, you may need to use updated
diskette images obtained from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux errata page:
http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/
An image file contains an exact copy (or image) of a diskette's contents. Since a diskette contains file
system information in addition to the data contained in files, the contents of the image file are not
usable until they have been written to a diskette.
For x86, AMD64, and Intel® EM64T systems: You need a blank, formatted, high-density (1.44MB),
3.5-inch diskette and access to a computer with a 3.5-inch diskette drive.
For Itanium systems: You need an LS-120 diskette and an LS-120 diskette drive.
The computer must be able to run either an MS-DOS program or the
like operating systems.
The directory on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD #1 contains boot images. Once you have
images/
selected the proper image (
following methods.
2.5.3.1. Using the
To make a diskette using MS-DOS, use the
CD #1 in the
dosutils/
Boot Disk or Updates Disk). Insert it into the diskette drive. Then, use the following com-
mands (assuming your CD-ROM is drive
d:
C:\

cd \dosutils
D:\

rawrite
D:\dosutils

Enter disk image source file name:
Enter target diskette drive:
Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and
press --ENTER-- :
D:\dosutils

First, asks you for the file name of a diskette image; enter the directory and name of the
rawrite
image to write (for example,
to write the image to; enter
in the drive you have selected. After pressing [Enter] to confirm,
the diskette. To make another diskette, label that diskette, and run
appropriate image file.
Note
The utility only accepts 8.3-type file names, such as
rawrite
download an update
update-anaconda-03292002.img
3. The 8.3-type file name originates from the naming convention of eight characters, a period, and
three characters for a file name extension. This naming convention supports file names between 1 and
8 characters, which cannot have spaces, and may not contain ? or _ characters at the start of the
name.
bootdisk.img
Utility
rawrite
directory. First, label a blank, formatted diskette appropriately (such as
a:
[Enter]
..\images\bootdisk.img
. Finally,
a:
rawrite
image from
, you must rename it as
), transfer the image file onto a diskette using one of the
utility included on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
rawrite
):
D:
..\images\bootdisk.img
). Then
asks for confirmation that a formatted diskette is
http://www.redhat.com/
updates.img
utility found on most Linux-
dd
asks for a diskette drive
rawrite
copies the image file onto
rawrite
again, specifying the
rawrite
filename.img
named something
before you run
7
3 . If you
similar to
.
rawrite