The Red Hat Linux web site has a floppy diskette image for a network installation. For Red Hat Linux 7.1 the image is ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/en/os/i386/images/bootnet.img.
Install this image on a floppy disk.
bash# mkfs -t msdos -c /dev/fd0 mkfs.msdos 2.2 (06 Jul 1999) bash# dd if=bootnet.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k 1+0 records in 1+0 records out bash# sync |
Now mount the diskette and check that the installer files are present.
bash# mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy bash# ls /mnt/floppy boot.msg general.msg ldlinux.sys rescue.msg vmlinuz expert.msg initrd.img param.msg syslinux.cfg |
This floppy disk uses the SYSLINUX boot loader which was discussed in Section 4.3 and in Section 5.3. Firstly, we alter the boot loader configuration file /mnt/floppy/syslinux.cfg to use the serial port. If you are going to use the vi editor to alter this file, use the -n option to avoid writing a swap file to the floppy disk.
label serial kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img lang= text serial expert devfs=nomount console=ttyS0,9600n8r |
Fourthy, we write the new configuration to diskette.
Finally, create a new boot image for copying to the computers to be upgraded.
and then presenting the boot.msg file and then the Linux kernel should be loaded
Next the init system flashes by
Greetings. Red Hat install init version 7.0 starting mounting /proc filesystem... done mounting /dev/pts (unix98 pty) filesystem... done Red Hat install init version 7.0 using a serial console remember, cereal is an important part of a nutritionally balanced breakfast. checking for NFS root filesystem...no trying to remount root filesystem read write... done checking for writeable /tmp... yes running install... running /sbin/loader |
before the installation application, called anaconda, is started
Welcome to Red Hat Linux +----------+ Devices +-----------+ | | | Do you have a driver disk? | | | | +-----+ +----+ | | | Yes | | No | | | +-----+ +----+ | | | | | +--------------------------------+ <Tab>/<Alt-Tab> between elements | <Space> selects | <F12> next screen |
Now that the floppy has been tested, eject the disk and reboot the machine into normal operation.