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The following methods can be used to start the installation:
Insert a boot diskette that you have created (or a network boot disk, or PCMCIA boot disks, that you have created)into the primary diskette drive and reboot your computer.
Insert the Red Hat Linux CD 1 into the drive and reboot, if your computer can boot from the CD-ROM drive.
Boot MS-DOS, and start a program in the dosutils directory of the Red Hat Linux CD-ROM named autoboot.bat (this will work from DOS only; it will not work in a DOS window started from within Windows).
While the installation program loads, messages will scroll on your screen. When the installation program has loaded, this prompt appears:
boot: |
If you press
To start the text mode installation program in either text or expert mode, boot the CD-ROM from the aboot prompt. The standard method for booting from CD-ROM is to use a command like the one below, which boots the generic kernel :
>>> boot dqa0 -flags 0 |
Some situations require that you boot with a different option. To display a list of options, use -flags interactive, as shown in the following example:
>>> boot dqa0 -flags i aboot> l # # Red Hat Linux/Alpha aboot configuration options: # # 0 - Boot the Red Hat Linux installer using a 2.4 kernel # 1 - Boot the Red Hat Linux installer with kernel messages sent to ttyS0 # 2 - Boot the Red Hat Linux installer with kernel messages sent to # ttyS0 (com1) and the graphics terminal # 3 - Boot the Red Hat Linux installer in text only mode # 4 - Boot the Red Hat Linux installer in text only rescue mode # 5 - Boot the Red Hat Linux installer but allow manual selection of drivers # 6 - As above using the ttyS0 serial line install method # 7 - Boot the Red Hat Linux installer and allow for other than just # a CD install (offers http, nfs, ftp and local disk install methods) # 8 - As above but for use with the serial console # 0:/kernels/vmlinux.gz initrd=/images/cd-rom.img 1:/kernels/vmlinux.gz initrd=/images/cd-rom.img console=ttyS0 2:/kernels/vmlinux.gz initrd=/images/cd-rom.img console=ttyS0 console=tty0 3:/kernels/vmlinux.gz initrd=/images/cd-rom.img text 4:/kernels/vmlinux.gz initrd=/images/cd-rom.img rescue 5:/kernels/vmlinux.gz initrd=/images/cd-rom.img noprobe 6:/kernels/vmlinux.gz initrd=/images/cd-rom.img noprobe console=ttyS0 7:/kernels/vmlinux.gz initrd=/images/cd-rom.img expert 8:/kernels/vmlinux.gz initrd=/images/cd-rom.img expert console=ttyS0 Then at the aboot prompt, enter aboot> n where n is the number for the option you're selecting. |
Expert mode disables most hardware probing, and gives you the option of entering options for the drivers loaded during the installation.
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The initial boot messages will not contain any references to SCSI or network cards. This is normal; these devices are supported by modules that are loaded during the installation process. |
Once the installation program is loaded into memory, you can obtain
information about the installation process and options by pressing