Installing Via Ftp - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 - INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR IBM S-390 AND IBM ESERVER ZSERIES Installation Manual

4.3. Installing via FTP

The FTP dialog applies only if you are installing from an FTP server (if you selected FTP in the
Installation Method dialog). This dialog allows you to identify the FTP server from which you
are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Figure 2.4. FTP Setup Dialog
Enter the name or IP address of the FTP site you are installing from, and the name of the
directory containing the
site contains the directory
(where is replaced with the architecture type of your system, such as i386, ia64, ppc, or
arch
s390). If everything was specified properly, a message box appears indicating that
is being retrieved.
base/hdlist
Next, the Welcome dialog appears.
Tip
You can save disk space by using the ISO images you have already copied to
the server. To accomplish this, install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using ISO
images without copying them into a single tree by loopback mounting them. For
each ISO image:
mkdir discX
installation files for your architecture. For example, if the FTP
RedHat/
/mirrors/redhat/arch/RedHat/
Installing via FTP
, enter
/mirrors/redhat/arch/
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