Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - VIRTUAL SERVER ADMINISTRATION, Installation Manual

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Chapter 2. Steps to Get You Started
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Note
The above command was split into two lines for printing purposes only. When you execute
this command, be sure to type it as a single command, all on the same line.
Burn the resulting ISO image (named
file.iso
and located in
< path-to-workspace >
) to a CD-
ROM as you normally would.
2.5. Preparing for a Network Installation
Note
Make sure an installation CD (or any other type of CD) is not in your system's CD/DVD
drive if you are performing a network-based installation. Having a CD in the drive may
cause unexpected errors.
Ensure that you have boot media available on CD, DVD, or a USB storage device such as a flash
drive.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation media must be available for either a network installation (via
NFS, FTP, or HTTP) or installation via local storage. Use the following steps if you are performing an
NFS, FTP, or HTTP installation.
The NFS, FTP, or HTTP server to be used for installation over the network must be a separate
machine which can provide the complete contents of the installation DVD-ROM or the installation CD-
ROMs.
Note
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program has the ability to test the integrity of the
installation media. It works with the CD, DVD, hard drive ISO, and NFS ISO installation
methods. Red Hat recommends that you test all installation media before starting the
installation process, and before reporting any installation-related bugs (many of the bugs
reported are actually due to improperly-burned CDs). To use this test, type the following
command at the
boot:
prompt (prepend with
elilo
for Itanium systems):
linux mediacheck
Note
In the following examples, the directory on the installation staging server that will contain
the installation files will be specified as
/location/of/disk/space
. The directory that
will be made publicly available via FTP, NFS, or HTTP will be specified as
/publicly/
available/directory
. For example,
/location/of/disk/space
may be a
directory you create called
/var/isos
.
/publicly/available/directory
might be
/var/www/html/rhel5
, for an HTTP install.