Continuing the Install (FTP, CD, or NFS)

# 5 Continuing the Install (FTP, CD, or NFS)

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Some notes: The install is a flowing process that is fairly easy to follow. One thing to remember is that you must use the `space-bar` to select the partitions to format. Anytime you see a list of items with `[ ]` to the left, you are REQUIRED to use the `space-bar` to select something.

## 5.1 Reboot to Start the Install

Place your boot disk in drive A (yes, you must have a 3.5" High Density drive as your A drive) and reboot your machine. You will see a screen of information pertaining to LILO parameters. If you know you need parameters to force the kernel to detect certain hardware devices, enter them now. Otherwise, just hit enter to auto probe.

Watch the messages as the system boots and see if all your hardware is detected. For example, if you have SCSI in your system and you see a message like ``scsi: 0 hosts'', you have a problem. Make sure you picked the right boot image first, and then try entering command line parameters. For more info on those, see the RedHat-FAQ (available at any Red Hat mirror). If everything goes well, insert the ramdisks as prompted.

## 5.2 Mounting the Install Media

One of the first things you have to do is mount your install media.

For a CD install, the process is very simple. Just pick CD, and it should mount your CD.

If you are doing an NFS install, you will need to setup your server properly to export the Red Hat CD-ROM or mirror. Then when prompted enter the hostname and directory of the exported filesystem.

For a true FTP install directly off the Internet, pick the FTP option. Nothing is mounted in this case. If your hardware was detected properly, everything should work fine.

For an install from your DOS or ext2 partition, pick the CD-ROM type install (instead of NFS). It will try and mount a CD and return an error that it couldn't mount one. Just hit `enter` to continue and the script will ask you what you want to do. Select ``Enter Device Name'' and hit `enter`. Enter the partition name of the partition on which you placed the files you downloaded and hit `enter`. Next enter the file system type of that partition, either `msdos` for a DOS partition, or `ext2` for a Linux ext2 partition, and hit `enter`. If you entered everything correctly, the parition will be successfully mounted.

## 5.3 Finishing

If you are doing a CD or NFS install, you can do an X based graphical install. If you are doing an install via FTP or from partition to which you've downloaded the Red Hat packages, you must do a text based install. At this point you can continue the install by simply answering the questions and you should be set!

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