 | Note |
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| | Hard drive installations only work from ext2, ext3, or FAT
filesystems. If you have a filesystem other than those listed here, such
as reiserfs, you will not be able to perform a hard drive installation. |
Hard drive installations require the use of the ISO (or CD-ROM) images
rather than copying an entire installation tree. After placing the
required ISO images (the binary Red Hat Linux CD-ROMs) in a directory, choose to
install from the hard drive. You will then point the installation
program at that directory to perform the installation.
Verifying that the ISO images are intact before you attempt an
installation, will help to avoid problems that are often encountered
during a hard drive installation. To verify the ISO images are intact
prior to performing an installation, use an
md5sum program (many
md5sum programs are available for various
operating systems). An md5sum program should
be available on the same server as the ISO images.
The Select Partition screen (Figure 4-5) applies only if you are installing from a
disk partition (that is, if you selected in the Installation Method
dialog). This dialog allows you to name the disk partition and
directory from which you are installing Red Hat Linux.
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. See Table 4-1 for more information.
