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2.5.3.2. Using the
To make a diskette under Linux (or any other Linux-like operating system), you must have permission
to write to the device representing a diskette drive (known as
First, label a blank, formatted diskette appropriately (such as Boot Diskette or Updates
Diskette). Insert it into the diskette drive (but do not
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD-ROM, change to the directory containing the desired image file, and
use the following command (changing the name of the image file and diskette device as appropriate):
dd if=bootdisk.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
To make another diskette, label that diskette, and run
2.6. Preparing for a Network Installation
Note
Make sure an installation CD (or any other type of CD) is not your hosting partition's drive if you are
performing a network-based installation. Having a CD in the drive may cause unexpected errors.
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/
•
4. When you mount a diskette or CD-ROM, you make that device's contents available to you.
Command
dd
RedHat/
RedHat/
would be
directory from the installation CD-ROMs to a Linux machine which acts as an
Chapter 2. Steps to Get You Started
/dev/fd0
mount
again, specifying the appropriate image file.
dd
directory. Both the
RedHat/base/
/location/of/disk/space/
distribution directory. For example, if you have Red Hat
/export/redhat/
.
/export/redhat/
is a directory you create such as
under Linux).
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the diskette). After mounting the
and
RedHat/RPMS/
. This means it is the
on the installation staging server,
/export/redhat/
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