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Installing Red Hat Linux from a Hard Drive

Question:

I do not have a CD-ROM that will work with Linux, and I can not install from the network. Is there another method?

Answer:

If you cannot perform a CD-ROM or network installation for whatever reason, you can elect to install using your hard drive.

Starting with Red Hat Linux 7.1, you must use the ISO disk images of the installation CD-ROMs; you can no longer pull off each of the various installation directories and properly arrange them on your hard drive. Simply clear enough space on your hard drive to hold both of the ISO images and download them, placing both of them in the same directory. Next, create a boot floppy, boot from it, and elect to perform a hard drive installation, pointing the installation program to the directory holding the ISO images. Then, proceed normally with the installation.

For installations of Red Hat Linux versions prior to 7.1, the following steps are required:

First, have a DOS partition that is formatted in FAT16, and create a directory called RedHat. From there, you should copy the items from the first Red Hat Linux installation CD-ROM over to the hard drive.

mkdir C:\RedHat
mkdir C:\RedHat\base
mkdir C:\RedHat\RPMS
copy E:\RedHat\base C:\RedHat\base
copy E:\RedHat\RPMS C:\RedHat\RPMS

If you do not have enough disk space for copying the entire RPMS directory tree over to your hard drive, you will need to look in the \RedHat\base\comps file for the RPMs that are needed in the base and any other installation sections you would like to install.

Once you have done this, you can start the install using a boot floppy and choose the hard drive installation method. You will be asked to insert the supplemental floppy and a progress meter will pop up to show you what is happening. Once the supplemental disk has been loaded, you will be presented with the next screen on the install.