Installation guide

without copying them into a single tree by loopback mounting them. For each ISO
image:
mkdir discX
mount -o loop RHEL5-discX.iso discX
7. Installing via HTTP
The HTTP dialog applies only if you are installing from an HTTP server (if you selected HTTP in
the Installation Method dialog). This dialog prompts you for information about the HTTP server
from which you are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Enter the name or IP address of the HTTP site you are installing from, and the name of the dir-
ectory containing the variant/ directory for your architecture. For example, if the HTTP site con-
tains the directory /mirrors/redhat/arch/variant/, enter /mirrors/redhat/arch/ (where arch is
replaced with the architecture type of your system, such as i386, ia64, ppc, or s390x, and vari-
ant is the variant that you are installing, such as Client, Server, Workstation, etc.). If everything
was specified properly, a message box appears indicating that files are being retrieved from the
server.
Figure 17.5. HTTP Setup Dialog
Next, the Welcome dialog appears.
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