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— second IDE controller, master
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c
— second IDE controller, slave
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d
If you have a third and/or fourth controller, continue assigning letters in alphabetical order, going from
controller to controller, and master to slave.
3.5. Preparing for a Network Installation
If you are performing a network installation, the Configure TCP/IP dialog appears; for an explanation
of this dialog, go to Section 3.18, and then return here.
3.5.1. Setting Up the Server
Because the installation program is capable of installing Red Hat Linux Advanced Server from multi-
ple CD-ROMs, if you intend to support NFS, FTP, or HTTP installations you must copy the
directory from each CD-ROM comprising Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 onto a disk drive:
For each binary CD-ROM, execute the following commands:
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mount /mnt/cdrom
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cp -var /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /location/of/disk/space
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Where
/location/of/disk/space
umount /mnt/cdrom
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Please note that the Release Notes are not included in the
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ically copied over, the Release Notes will not be available during your installation.
The Release Notes are also available online from http://www.redhat.com/docs.
Next, make
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/location/of/disk/space
porting it for NFS installations) by editing the
/location/of/disk/space *(ro)
Finally, run the following command to make
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to each system to mount:
/sbin/service nfs reload
If you are not sure how to do this, refer to the Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide and the
Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide for more information.
3.6. Installing via NFS
The NFS dialog (Figure 3-3) applies only if you are installing from an NFS server (if you selected
NFS Image in the Installation Method dialog).
Chapter 3. Installing Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
is a directory you create such as
RedHat
accessible to the installation program (for example, ex-
/etc/exports
/location/of/disk/space
/export/7.3/
directory. Unless they are specif-
file and adding the line:
available as read-only
RedHat
.
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