Installation guide

5.2. Preparing for an NFS install

For NFS installation it is not necessary to mount the iso image. It is sufficient to make the iso im-

age itself available via NFS. You can do this by moving the iso image or images to the NFS ex-

ported directory:

• For DVD:

mv /location/of/disk/space/RHEL5.iso /export/directory/

• For CDROMs:

mv /location/of/disk/space/disk*.iso /export/directory/

Ensure that the /export/directory directory is exported via NFS via an entry in /etc/exports.

To export to a specific system:

/export/directory client.ip.address(ro,no_root_squash)

To export to all systems use an entry such as:

/export/directory *(ro,no_root_squash)

Start the NFS daemon (on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system, use /sbin/service nfs start). If

NFS is already running, reload the configuration file (on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system use

/sbin/service nfs reload).

Be sure to test the NFS share following the directions in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deploy-

ment Guide.

6. Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation

Note

Hard drive installations only work from ext2, ext3, or FAT file systems. If you have

a file system other than those listed here, such as reiserfs, you will not be able to

perform a hard drive installation.

Hard drive installations require the use of the ISO (or DVD/CD-ROM) images. An ISO image is

a file containing an exact copy of a DVD/CD-ROM image. After placing the required ISO images

(the binary Red Hat Enterprise Linux DVD/CD-ROMs) in a directory, choose to install from the

hard drive. You can then point the installation program at that directory to perform the installa-

tion.

To prepare your system for a hard drive installation, you must set the system up in one of the

following ways:

• Using a set of CD-ROMs, or a DVD — Create ISO image files from each installation CD-

6. Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation