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Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Tip
You can save disk space by using the ISO images you have already copied to the server. To accom-
plish this, install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using ISO images without copying them into a single tree
by loopback mounting them. For each ISO image:
mkdir disc1
mount -o loop example-1.iso disc1
2.8. Installing via HTTP
The HTTP dialog applies only if you are installing from an HTTP server (if you selected
HTTP
in the
Installation Method
dialog). This dialog prompts you for information about the HTTP server from
which you are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Enter the name or IP address of the HTTP site you are installing from, and the name of the directory
containing the
RedHat/
installation files for your architecture. For example, if the HTTP site contains
the directory
/mirrors/redhat/
arch
/RedHat/
, enter
/mirrors/redhat/
arch/
(where
arch
is replaced with the architecture type of your system, such as i386, ia64, ppc, or s390). If everything
was specified properly, a message box appears indicating that
base/hdlist
is being retrieved.
Figure 2-7. HTTP Setup Dialog
Next, the
Welcome
dialog appears.
Tip
You can save disk space by using the ISO images you have already copied to the server. To accom-
plish this, install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using ISO images without copying them into a single tree
by loopback mounting them. For each ISO image:
mkdir disc1
mount -o loop example-1.iso disc1
