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7. Move the i386 rpms that are replaced by i686 rpms into the noInstall directory using the
following command sequence:
for i in $(ls *.i686.rpm); do mv ${i/i686.rpm/i386.rpm} noInstall; done
8. Install the updates by typing rpm -Fvh *.rpm.
9. Install the kernel updates by
a. Using rpm -ivh kernels/kernel-2.4.18-18.7.x.i686.rpm to install the uni processor
kernel.
b. Using rpm -ivh kernels/kernel-smp-2.4.18-18.7.x.i686.rpm to install the smp
kernel.
c. Using rpm -Fvh kernels/kernel-source-2.4.18-18.7.x.i386.rpm to install the latest
kernel source, if it is already installed.
d. Editing /boot/grub/grub.conf, changing default=2 to default=0, and saving.
10.Reboot the system using the command shutdown -r 0.
11.Verify that the system boots without any errors.
3.3 Network installation
Network installation is useful when you are installing multiple systems and do not want to
have several copies of installation CDs. The system requirements for a Linux install server
are:
1. 2 GB of free disk space
2. Network card
3. Anonymous ftpd or NFS service
This can be installed on a Linux system that satisfies requirements 1 and 2 above.
3.3.1 Setting up the NFS install server
A desktop system with enough free hard drive space was selected to be the install server. We
transformed it into the install server by performing these steps.
1. Install nfs-utils rpm.
2. Cretae the /var/iso/RedHat directory.
3. Download Red Hat Linux 7.3 install iso images 1 through 3 and the md5 file.
– rh-7.3-en-i386-cd1.iso
– rh-7.3-en-i386-cd2.iso
– rh-7.3-en-i386-cd3.iso
– rh-7.3-en-i386.md5
Example 3-2 Output of md5sum check
[root@portal1 iso]# md5sum -c rh-7.3-en-i386.md5
rh-7.3-en-i386-cd1.iso: OK
rh-7.3-en-i386-cd2.iso: OK
rh-7.3-en-i386-cd3.iso: OK
md5sum: rh-7.3-en-i386-cd4.iso: No such file or directory
rh-7.3-en-i386-cd4.iso: FAILED open or read
md5sum: rh-7.3-en-i386-cd5.iso: No such file or directory
rh-7.3-en-i386-cd5.iso: FAILED open or read