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Figure 4.6. FTP Setup Dialog

Enter the name or IP address of the FTP site you are installing from, and the name of the direct-

ory containing the variant/ directory for your architecture. For example, if the FTP site contains

the directory /mirrors/redhat/arch/variant;/, enter /mirrors/redhat/arch/ (where arch is re-

placed with the architecture type of your system, such as i386, ia64, ppc, or s390x, and variant

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.

Next, the Welcome dialog appears.

Tip

You can save disk space by using the ISO images you have already copied to the

server. To accomplish this, install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using ISO images

without copying them into a single tree by loopback mounting them. For each ISO

image:

mkdir discX

mount -o loop RHEL5-discX.iso discX

10. 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

10. Installing via HTTP