Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Red Hat Linux installation methods

Each of the installation procedures from locations other than a CD requires a Red Hat Linux installation boot disk.
· HTTP server — Lets you install from a Web page address.
· FTP server — Lets you install from any FTP site.
· NFS server — Allows you to install from any shared directory on another computer on your network using the Network File System (NFS) facility.
· Hard disk — If you can place a copy of the Red Hat Linux distribution on your hard disk, you can install it from there.
The following specialty installation type also may be of interest to you:
· Kickstart installation — Lets you create a set of answers to the questions Red Hat Linux asks you during installation. This can be a timesaving method if you are installing Red Hat Linux on many computers with similar configurations.

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