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Chapter 3. Installing Red Hat Linux
Enter the device name of the partition containing the Red Hat ISO images. There is also a field labeled
Directory holding images. If the ISO images are not in the root directory of that partition, enter the
path to the ISO images (for example, if the ISO images are in
/test/new/RedHat
, you would enter
/test/new
).
After you have identified the disk partition, you will next see the Welcome dialog.
3.7. Preparing for a Network Installation
If you are performing a network installation and have booted from a boot disk with the
bootnet.img
image, the Configure TCP/IP dialog appears; for an explanation of this dialog, go to Section 3.21,
and then return here.
3.7.1. Setting Up the Server
Because the Red Hat Linux 8.0 installation program is capable of installing Red Hat Linux from
multiple CD ROMs, if you intend to support NFS, FTP, or HTTP installations you can copy the
RedHat
directory from each CD ROM comprising Red Hat Linux 8.0 onto a disk drive (in other
words, you must create an installation tree):
Tip
An installation tree is the location for all files needed to run and install the Red Hat Linux operating
system.
An ISO image is a file containing an exact copy of a CD ROM disk image. Because Red Hat Linux
has so many packages included with its distribution, there are several ISO images available.
An installation tree differs from an ISO image in that ISO images are broken down into smaller subsets
of files which the installation program then calls for per ISO image, while an installation tree contains
all the necessary files in one complete file structure. Individual ISO images can be combined to create
an installation tree.
For each binary CD ROM, execute the following commands:
mount /mnt/cdrom
cp  var /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /location/of/disk/space
Where
/location/of/disk/space
is a directory you create such as
/export/8.0/
.
umount /mnt/cdrom
Please note that the Release Notes are not included in the
RedHat
directory. Unless they are specif 
ically copied over, the Release Notes will not be available during your installation of Red Hat
Linux.
The Release Notes are also available online from http://www.redhat.com/docs.
Next, make
/location/of/disk/space
accessible to the installation program (for example, ex 
porting it for NFS installations) by editing the
/etc/exports
file and adding the line:
/location/of/disk/space *(ro)
Finally, run the following command to make
/location/of/disk/space
available as read only
to each system to mount:
/sbin/service nfs reload






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