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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