Red Hat ENTREPRISE LINUX 5 Installation Manual page 29

Note
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program has the ability to test the integrity of the
installation media. It works with the CD / DVD, hard drive ISO, and NFS ISO installation
methods. Red Hat recommends that you test all installation media before starting the
installation process, and before reporting any installation-related bugs (many of the bugs
reported are actually due to improperly-burned CDs). To use this test, type the following
command at the boot: prompt (prepend with elilo for Itanium systems):
linux mediacheck
Additionally, if a file called updates.img exists in the location from which you install, it is used for
updates to anaconda, the installation program. Refer to the file install-methods.txt in the
anaconda RPM package for detailed information on the various ways to install Red Hat Enterprise
Linux, as well as how to apply the installation program updates.
Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation
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