Installation guide

are disabled. They are not supported for kickstart upgrades.

Choose the type of kickstart installation or upgrade from the following options:

• CD-ROM — Choose this option to install or upgrade from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD-

ROMs.

• NFS — Choose this option to install or upgrade from an NFS shared directory. In the text

field for the the NFS server, enter a fully-qualified domain name or IP address. For the NFS

directory, enter the name of the NFS directory that contains the variant directory of the in-

stallation tree. For example, if the NFS server contains the directory /mir-

rors/redhat/i386/Server/, enter /mirrors/redhat/i386/ for the NFS directory.

• FTP — Choose this option to install or upgrade from an FTP server. In the FTP server text

field, enter a fully-qualified domain name or IP address. For the FTP directory, enter the

name of the FTP directory that contains the variant directory. For example, if the FTP server

contains the directory /mirrors/redhat/i386/Server/, enter /mirrors/redhat/i386/Server/

for the FTP directory. If the FTP server requires a username and password, specify them as

well.

• HTTP — Choose this option to install or upgrade from an HTTP server. In the text field for

the HTTP server, enter the fully-qualified domain name or IP address. For the HTTP direct-

ory, enter the name of the HTTP directory that contains the variant directory. For example, if

the HTTP server contains the directory /mirrors/redhat/i386/Server/, enter /mir-

rors/redhat/i386/Server/ for the HTTP directory.

• Hard Drive — Choose this option to install or upgrade from a hard drive. Hard drive installa-

tions require the use of ISO (or CD-ROM) images. Be sure to verify that the ISO images are

intact before you start the installation. To verify them, use an md5sum program as well as the

linux mediacheck boot option as discussed in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation

Guide. Enter the hard drive partition that contains the ISO images (for example, /dev/hda1)

in the Hard Drive Partition text box. Enter the directory that contains the ISO images in the

Hard Drive Directory text box.

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