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Chapter 3. Installing Red Hat Linux

To install Red Hat Linux from a CD ROM, choose the CD ROM option from the boot loader screen

and select OK. When prompted, insert the Red Hat Linux CD into your CD ROM drive (if you did

not boot from the CD ROM). Once the CD is in the CD ROM drive, select OK, and press [Enter].

The installation program will then probe your system and attempt to identify your CD ROM drive. It

will start by looking for an IDE (also known as an ATAPI) CD ROM drive. If found, you will continue

to the next stage of the installation process (see Section 3.12).

Note

To abort the installation process at this time, reboot your machine and then eject the boot diskette or

CD ROM. You can safely cancel the installation at any point before the About to Install screen. See

Section 3.28 for more information.

If your CD ROM drive is not detected, and it is a SCSI CD ROM, you can manually select the SCSI

CD ROM type when prompted.

Select SCSI if your CD ROM drive is attached to a supported SCSI adapter; the installation program

will then ask you to choose a SCSI driver. Choose the driver that most closely resembles your adapter.

You may specify options for the driver if necessary; however, most drivers will detect your SCSI

adapter automatically.

Tip

A partial list of optional parameters for CD ROM drives can be found in the Official Red Hat Linux

Reference Guide, in the General Parameters and Modules appendix.

3.5.1. What If the IDE CD ROM Was Not Found?

If you have an IDE (ATAPI) CD ROM, but the installation program fails to find your IDE (ATAPI)

CD ROM and asks you what type of CD ROM drive you have, try the following boot command.

Restart the installation, and at the

boot:

prompt enter linux hdX=cdrom. Replace the X with

one of the following letters, depending on the interface the unit is connected to, and whether it is

configured as master or slave (also known as primary and secondary):

  a

  first IDE controller, master

  b

  first IDE controller, slave

  c

  second IDE controller, master

  d

  second IDE controller, slave

If you have a third and/or fourth controller, continue assigning letters in alphabetical order, going from

controller to controller, and master to slave.