Installing From Dvd/Cd-Rom; Installing From A Hard Drive - Red Hat ENTREPRISE LINUX 5 Installation Manual

Chapter 4. Installing on Intel® and AMD Systems
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If you are installing directly from an HTTP (Web) server, use this method. You need a boot CD-
ROM (use the linux askmethod boot option). Refer to
HTTP installation instructions.

4.6. Installing from DVD/CD-ROM

To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux from a DVD/CD-ROM, place the DVD or CD #1 in your DVD/CD-
ROM drive and boot your system from the DVD/CD-ROM.
The installation program then probes your system and attempts to identify your CD-ROM drive. It
starts by looking for an IDE (also known as an ATAPI) CD-ROM drive.
Note
To abort the installation process at this time, reboot your machine and then eject the boot
media. You can safely cancel the installation at any point before the About to Install
screen. Refer to
If your CD-ROM drive is not detected, and it is a SCSI CD-ROM, the installation program prompts you
to choose a SCSI driver. Choose the driver that most closely resembles your adapter. You may specify
options for the driver if necessary; however, most drivers detect your SCSI adapter automatically.
If the DVD/CD-ROM drive is found and the driver loaded, the installer will present you with the option
to perform a media check on the DVD/CD-ROM. This will take some time, and you may opt to skip
over this step. However, if you later encounter problems with the installer, you should reboot and
perform the media check before calling for support. From the media check dialog, continue to the next
stage of the installation process (refer to

4.7. Installing from a Hard Drive

The Select Partition screen applies only if you are installing from a disk partition (that is, if you used
the askmethod boot options and selected Hard Drive in the Installation Method dialog). This dialog
allows you to name the disk partition and directory from which you are installing Red Hat Enterprise
Linux. If you used the repo=hd boot option, you already specified a partition.
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Section 4.25, "Preparing to Install"
Section 4.12, "Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise
Section 4.11, "Installing via
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