Installation guide

a. If necessary, edit syslinux.cfg for your particular environment. For
example, to configure the installation to use a kickstart file shared over NFS,
specify:
linux ks=nfs:://ks.cfg
10. Copy the images/pxeboot/initrd.img file from the installation DVD or CD-
ROM#1 onto the flash drive.
11. Unmount the flash drive. For example:
umount /dev/sdb1
12. Make the USB flash drive bootable. For example:
syslinux /dev/sdb1
13. Mount the flash drive again. For example:
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
14. Install the G RUB boot loader on the USB flash drive. For example:
grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdb
15. Verify that the USB flash drive has a /boot/grub directory. If it does not, create the
directory manually; for example:
mkdir -p /mnt/boot/grub
16. Create the boot/grub/grub.conf file on the flash drive as follows:
default=0
timeout=5
root (hd1,0)
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux installer
kernel /vmlinuz
initrd /initrd.img
17. Unmount the flash drive. For example:
umount /dev/sdb1
18. Detach the USB flash drive.
19. Attach the USB disk to the system on which you wish to install Red Hat Enterprise
Linux.
20. Boot the target system from the USB flash drive.
2.4 .2. Making an Inst allat ion Boot CD-ROM
isolinux (not available for Itanium systems) is used for booting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
installation CD . To create your own CD-ROM to boot the installation program, use the following
instructions:
⁠Chapt er 2 . St eps t o G et You St art ed
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