Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

16CHAPTER 1Installing Red Hat Enterprise LinuxFIGURE 1.2Keyboard SelectionStarting a Network or Hard Drive InstallationFor all other installation methods, boot off a boot disc created from the boot.iso imageas described in the “Creating a Boot Disc” section earlier in this chapter. If you don’t havea boot CD but you have the first installation CD, you can also boot off the first installationCD and type the command linux askmethod at the boot: prompt.When the installation program starts, the first two screens allow the administrator toselect the language and keyboard layout to use as previously described for a CD-ROMinstallation except that the two screens are shown in text-mode instead of graphicalmode. The third screen allows for the selection of the installation method and might befollowed by one or two screens with additional questions, depending on the installationmethod selected. Select one of the following:. Local CDROM. Hard drive. FTP. HTTP. NFS imageIf Local CDROM is selected and the first installation CD is already inserted, the installationis as described in the “Performing the Installation” section. If Local CDROM isselected and a boot CD was used to start the program, the first installation CD must beinserted when prompted to continue.