To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux from a CD-ROM, choose the CD-ROM
option and select OK. When prompted, insert the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD into your CD-ROM drive (if you did not boot from the CD). Once the
CD is in the CD-ROM drive, select OK, and press
[Enter].
 | Note |
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| | The first CD-ROM is required when booting the
installation program, and again after subsequent CD-ROMs have been
processed. |
The installation program then probes your system and attempts to
identify your CD-ROM drive. It starts by looking for an IDE (also known as
an ATAPI) CD-ROM drive. If found, continue to the next stage of the
installation process (refer to Section 4.12 Language Selection).
| Note |
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| | To abort the installation process at this time, reboot your
machine and then eject the boot media. You can safely cancel the installation at any point before
the About to Install screen. Refer to Section 4.24 Preparing to Install for more information.
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If your CD-ROM drive is not detected, and it is a SCSI CD-ROM, the
installation program prompts you to choose a SCSI driver. Choose the driver
that most closely resembles your adapter. You may specify options for the
driver if necessary; however, most drivers detect your SCSI adapter
automatically.
 | Tip |
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| | A partial list of optional parameters for CD-ROM
drives can be found in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reference Guide, in the
General Parameters and Modules appendix.
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If you have an IDE (ATAPI) CD-ROM on an x86, AMD64, or Intel® EM64T
system, but the installation program fails to find your IDE (ATAPI)
CD-ROM and asks you what type of CD-ROM drive you have, try the following
boot command. Restart the installation, and at the boot:
prompt enter linux
hdX=cdrom. Replace
X with one of the
following letters, depending on the interface the unit is connected to,
and whether it is configured as master or slave (also known as primary and
secondary):
a — first IDE controller, master
b — first IDE controller, slave
c — second IDE controller, master
d — second IDE controller, slave
If you have a third and/or fourth controller, continue assigning
letters in alphabetical order, going from controller to controller, and
master to slave.
