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- Red Hat Linux/x86 9 (Shrike)
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-
- The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Red Hat, Inc. and
- others. Please see the individual copyright notices in each source package
- for distribution terms. The distribution terms of the tools copyrighted by
- Red Hat, Inc. are as noted in the file EULA.
-
- Red Hat and RPM are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.
-
- ============================================================================
- DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION
-
- Red Hat Linux is delivered on six CD-ROMs (disc 1 through disc
- 6). Disc 1 can be directly booted into the installation on most modern
- systems, and contains the following directory structure (where
- /mnt/cdrom is the mount point of the CD-ROM):
-
- /mnt/cdrom
- |----> RedHat
- | |----> RPMS -- binary packages
- | `----> base -- information on this release of Red Hat
- | Linux used by the installation process
- |----> images -- boot and driver disk images
- |----> dosutils -- installation utilities for DOS
- |----> README -- this file
- |----> RELEASE-NOTES -- the latest information about this release
- | of Red Hat Linux
- `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat
-
- Discs 2 and 3 are similar to disc 1, except that only the RedHat
- subdirectory is present.
-
- The directory layout of discs 4, 5, and 6 are as follows:
-
- /mnt/cdrom
- |----> SRPMS -- source packages
- `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat
-
- If you are setting up an installation tree for NFS, FTP, or HTTP
- installations, you need to copy the RELEASE-NOTES files and all files
- from the RedHat directory on discs 1-3. On Linux and Unix systems, the
- following process will properly configure the /target/directory on
- your server (repeat for each disc):
-
- 1) Insert disc
- 2) mount /mnt/cdrom
- 3) cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory
- 4) cp /mnt/cdrom/RELEASE-NOTES* /target/directory
- 5) umount /mnt/cdrom
-
- Red Hat Linux is also available on a bootable DVD-ROM for compatible
- systems. The DVD-ROM contains all installation files and binaries (the
- contents of CD-ROM discs 1, 2, and 3) as well as source RPMS (discs 4,
- 5 and 6) and has the following directory structure (where /mnt/cdrom
- is the mount point of the DVD-ROM):
-
- /mnt/cdrom
- |----> RedHat
- | |----> RPMS -- binary packages
- | `----> base -- information on this release of Red Hat
- | Linux used by the installation process
- |----> SRPMS -- source packages
- |----> images -- boot and driver disk images
- |----> dosutils -- installation utilities for DOS
- |----> README -- this file
- |----> RELEASE-NOTES -- the latest information about this release
- | of Red Hat Linux
- `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat
-
- ============================================================================
- INSTALLING
-
- Many computers can now automatically boot from CD-ROMs. If you have such a
- machine (and it is properly configured) you can boot the Red Hat Linux
- CD-ROM directly without using any boot diskettes. After booting, the Red
- Hat Linux installation program will start, and you will be able to install
- your system from the CD-ROM.
-
- If your computer must use a boot diskette to start the Red Hat Linux
- installation process, you must use one or more image files to create
- the necessary diskettes. You can find the necessary image files in
- the images directory. This directory contains the following image
- files:
-
- - bootdisk.img - primary boot diskette image file
-
- - drvblock.img - image file containing supplemental block device
- drivers
-
- - drvnet.img - image file containing supplemental network drivers
-
- - pcmciadd.img - PCMCIA driver image file
-
- A diskette created from the the bootdisk.img file is used to boot all
- installations, no matter what installation method you select.
-
- In addition, if you are performing anything other than a CD-ROM or
- hard disk installation using only IDE/ATAPI devices, you will also
- need to create one or more driver diskettes using one or more of the
- driver diskette image files.
-
- A diskette created from the drvblock.img file is required when the
- system contains any non-IDE mass storage devices (such as SCSI disk
- or CD-ROM drives) that are to be used during the installation.
-
- A diskette created from the drvnet.img file is required when a
- network-based installation method is to be used.
-
- A diskette created from the pcmciadd.img file is required when
- PCMCIA devices (such as a PCMCIA-based CD-ROM drive or network
- adapter) are to be used during the installation.
-
- To write any of these image files to a diskette, use either the
- rawrite program in the dosutils directory, or 'dd' under any
- Linux-like system. These programs will transfer the contents of the
- image file to a diskette. Once the necessary diskettes have been
- created, insert the boot diskette and boot your machine.
-
- Also in the images/ directory is boot.iso. This file is an ISO
- image that can be used to boot the Red Hat Linux installation
- program. It is a handy way to start network-based installations
- without having to use multiple diskettes. To use boot.iso, your
- computer must be able to boot from its CD-ROM drive, and its BIOS
- settings must be configured to do so. You must then burn boot.iso
- onto a recordable/rewriteable CD-ROM.
-
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- GETTING HELP
-
- For those that have web access, see http://www.redhat.com. In particular,
- access to our mailing lists can be found at:
-
- http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists
-
- If you do not have web access you can still subscribe to the main mailing
- list.
-
- To subscribe, send mail to Shrike-list-request@redhat.com with
-
- subscribe
-
- in the subject line. You can leave the body empty.
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