Selecting an Installation Method

If you booted the installation program directly from the Red Hat Linux CD-ROM, you'll next see the Welcome dialog: go to the section called Welcome. Otherwise, an Installation Method dialog appears. The choices presented in the dialog vary depending on the type of diskette you booted from (the one in your boxed set, or a network or PCMCIA diskette that you've created). Figure 8-5 shows all available choices.

Red Hat Linux can be installed via any of five methods described below:

CD-ROM

You booted from the diskette in your boxed set and are installing with the Red Hat Linux CD-ROM in a local drive. If you chose this method, you'll next see the Language Selection dialog: go to the section called Welcome.

Hard Drive

You booted from the diskette in your boxed set and are installing from the Red Hat Linux files that you have previously copied to a local hard drive. If you select this method, you'll next see the Select Partition dialog: go to the section called Identify Disk Partition to Install From.

NFS Image

You booted from a network or PCMCIA diskette and are installing from an NFS Image server which is exporting the Red Hat Linux CD-ROM (or a mirror image of one.) If you chose this method, you'll next see the NFS Setup dialogs: go to the section called Installing over a Network

FTP

You booted from a network or PCMCIA diskette and are installing directly from an FTP server. If you select this method, you'll next see the FTP Setup dialogs: go to the section called Installing over a Network.

HTTP

You booted from a network or PCMCIA diskette and are installing directly from an HTTP Web server. If you select this method, you'll next see the HTTP Setup dialogs: go to the section called Installing over a Network.