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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4*
Intel® Server Board S5000PAL
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1) Enter the name or IP address of the HTTP site you are installing from, and the name of the directory
containing the RedHat/ installation files for your architecture. For example, if the HTTP site contains
the directory /mirrors/redhat/arch/RedHat/, enter /mirrors/redhat/arch/ (where arch is replaced with
the architecture type of your system, such as i386, ia64, ppc, or s390). If everything was specified
properly, a message box appears indicating that base/hdlist is being retrieved.
Figure 4-6. HTTP Setup Dialog
2) Next, the Welcome dialog appears.
Tip: You can save disk space by using the ISO images you have already copied to the server. To
accomplish this, install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using ISO images without copying them into a single
tree by loopback mounting them. For each ISO image:
mkdir discX
mount -o loop example-1.iso discX
Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1) The Welcome screen does not prompt you for any input. Read over the help text in the left panel for
additional instructions and information on where to register your Red Hat Enterprise Linux product.
2) Notice the Hide Help button at the bottom left corner of the screen. The help screen is open by
default. To minimize the help text, click on Hide Help.
3) Click on the Next button to continue.