Red Hat Linux/Intel 7.1 (Seawolf)
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The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 1995-2001 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 COPYING.
Red Hat and RPM are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.
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DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION
Red Hat Linux is delivered on two CDROMs (disc 1 and disc 2). Disc 1 can
be directly booted into the installation on most modern PCs, and contains
the following directory structure:
/mnt/redhat
|----> RedHat
| |----> RPMS -- binary packages
| `----> base -- information on this release of Red Hat
| Linux used by the installation process
|----> images -- boot and ramdisk images
|----> dosutils -- installation utilities for DOS
|----> COPYING -- copyright information
|----> README -- this file
`----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat
The directory layout of disc 2 is as follows:
/mnt/redhat
|----> RedHat
| `----> RPMS -- additional binary packages
|----> SRPMS -- source packages (more are on the dedicated
| SRPMS CD)
|----> preview -- alpha and beta level packages (source
| and binary) for the adventurous user
|----> COPYING -- copyright information
|----> README -- this file
`----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat
If you are setting up an image for NFS, FTP, HTTP, or Hard Drive
installations, you need to get everything from the RedHat directory from
both CDs. On Linux and Unix, the following process will properly set up
the /target/directory on your server for installing Red Hat.
1) Insert disc 1
2) mount /mnt/cdrom
3) cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory
4) umount /mnt/cdrom
5) Replace disc 1 with disc 2
6) mount /mnt/cdrom
7) cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory
8) umount /mnt/cdrom
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INSTALLING
There are three separate boot images for booting your system; you will
need one of them to boot your system into the Red Hat installation and
upgrade process. For CDROM and hard drive installs, use the boot.img
file (most Red Hat boxed sets include this floppy already; just boot
it!). NFS, ftp, and http installations requires the bootnet.img floppy,
which is available in the images directory. Installs through PCMCIA adapters
(such as for PCMCIA CDROM or networking cards) need the pcmcia.img floppy.
Many systems will require additional device drivers that are not available
on the boot floppy. The images directory contains a drivers.img file which
contains many extra drivers. Put its contents onto a floppy before beginning
the installation process, and follow the on-screen instructions.
If you did not receive the necessary floppy disks with this product, the
images for these disks are in the images directory. Either the rawrite
program in the dosutils directory or 'dd' under any Unix like system can
be used to transfer the image to physical floppies. Once the diskette
has been made, insert the boot disk and boot your machine.
Many computers can now automatically boot from CDROMs. If you have one and
it is properly configured, you can boot the Red Hat Linux CDROM directly
without using any floppy disks. After booting, you'll be able to install
your system from the CDROM. Note that booting from a CDROM is equivalent
to booting the boot.img file, and additional drivers may still be required.
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GETTING HELP
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