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Section 5.3:Starting the Installation Program
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Button widget — button widgets are the primary method of interacting with the installation pro-
gram. You progress through the windows of the installation program by navigating these buttons,
using the
and
[Tab]
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Cursor — although not a widget, the cursor is used to select (and interact) with a particular widget.
As the cursor is moved from widget to widget, it may cause the widget to change color, or you may
only see the cursor itself positioned in or next to the widget. In Figure 5–1, Installation Program
Widgets as seen in
Installation Program Widgets as seen in Disk Druid shows the cursor on the
5.2.1 Using the Keyboard to Navigate
Navigation through the installation dialogs is performed through a simple set of keystrokes. To move
the cursor, use
[Left]
,
[Right]
or backward through each widget on the screen. Along the bottom, most screens display a summary
of available cursor positioning keys.
To "press" a button, position the cursor over the button (using
or
[Enter]
. To select an item from a list of items, move the cursor to the item you wish to select and
press
. To select an item with a checkbox, move the cursor to the checkbox and press
[Enter]
to select an item. To deselect, press
Pressing
accepts the current values and proceeds to the next dialog; it is equivalent to pressing
[F12]
the
OK
button.
Unless a dialog box is waiting for your input, do not press any keys during
the installation process (doing so may result in unpredictable behavior).
5.3 Starting the Installation Program
The following methods can be used to start the installation:
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Insert a boot diskette that you have created (or a network boot disk, or PCMCIA boot disks, that
you have created)into the primary diskette drive and reboot your computer.
•
Insert the Red Hat Linux CD 1 into the drive and reboot, if your computer can boot from the
CD-ROM drive.
keys. Buttons can be selected when they are highlighted.
[Enter]
, the cursor is positioned on the
Configure TCP/IP
,
[Up]
, and
[Down]
a second time.
[Space]
arrow keys. Use
[Tab]
[Tab]
CAUTION
button. Figure 5–2,
OK
button.
Edit
, and
[Alt]
-
[Tab]
to cycle forward
, for example) and press
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[Space]
[Space]
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