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If you are planning to install via CD-ROM using the graphical interface,
please read on.
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| | If you would rather perform a text mode installation, reboot your
system and at the boot: prompt, type
text. Refer to Chapter 5 for
further instructions.
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To install Red Hat Linux from a CD-ROM, choose CD-ROM 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 the section called Language Selection).
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If you wish to abort the installation process at this time, simply
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 the section called Preparing to Install for more information.
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If a drive is not detected, you will be asked what type of CD-ROM drive
you have. Choose from the following types:
- SCSI
Select this 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.
- Other
If your CD-ROM drive is neither an IDE nor a SCSI, it is an
"other." Sound cards with proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are
good examples of this type of CD-ROM. The installation program
will display a list of drivers for supported CD-ROM drives
— choose a driver and, if necessary, specify any driver
options.
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| | 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.
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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:
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, simply continue
assigning letters in alphabetical order, going from controller to
controller, and master to slave.
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