Installing From A Hard Drive - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX AS 2.1 Installation Manual

Section 4.5:Installing from a Hard Drive
Text Mode Screen
Package Installation (Group, Individual,
Dependencies)
Video Card Configuration
Package Installation
Boot Disk Creation
Monitor Configuration
Custom X Configuration
Installation Complete

4.5 Installing from a Hard Drive

Hard drive installations only work from ext2, ext3, or FAT filesystems. If
you have a filesystem other than those listed here, such as reiserfs, you will
not be able to perform a hard drive installation.
Hard drive installations require the use of the ISO (or CD-ROM) images rather than copying an entire
installation tree. After placing the required ISO images (the binary Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS
CD-ROMs) in a directory, choose to install from the hard drive. You will then point the installation
program at that directory to perform the installation.
Verifying that the ISO images are intact before you attempt an installation will help to avoid problems
that are often encountered during a hard drive installation. To verify the ISO images are intact prior
to performing an installation, use an md5sum program (many md5sum programs are available for
various operating systems). An md5sum program should be available on the same server as the ISO
images.
The screen (Figure 4–3, Selecting Partition Dialog for Hard Drive Installation) ap-
Select Partition
plies only if you are installing from a disk partition (that is, if you selected
dialog). This dialog allows you to name the disk partition and directory from which you
tion Method
are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS.
Text Mode Reference Point
Section 3.21, Package Group Selection
Section 3.26, X Configuration — Monitor and
Customization
Section 3.23, Preparing to Install and Section 3.24,
Installing Packages
Section 3.25, Boot Disk Creation
Section 3.26.1, Configuring Your Monitor
Section 3.26.2, Custom Configuration
Section 3.27, Installation Complete
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