The Installation Method screen allows you to choose
whether to perform a new installation or an upgrade. If you choose
upgrade, the Partition Information and
Package Selection options are disabled. They
are not supported for kickstart upgrades.
Choose the type of kickstart installation or upgrade screen from
the following options:
CD-ROM — Choose this option
to install or upgrade from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD-ROMs.
NFS — Choose this option to install
or upgrade from an NFS shared directory. In the text field for the
the NFS server, enter a fully-qualified domain name or IP address.
For the NFS directory, enter the name of the NFS directory that
contains the RedHat directory of the
installation tree. For example, if the NFS server contains the
directory /mirrors/redhat/i386/RedHat/, enter
/mirrors/redhat/i386/ for the NFS directory.
FTP — Choose this option to install
or upgrade from an FTP server. In the FTP server text field, enter a
fully-qualified domain name or IP address. For the FTP directory,
enter the name of the FTP directory that contains the
RedHat directory. For example, if the FTP
server contains the directory
/mirrors/redhat/i386/RedHat/, enter
/mirrors/redhat/i386/ for the FTP directory. If
the FTP server requires a username and password, specify them as
well.
HTTP — Choose this option to install
or upgrade from an HTTP server. In the text field for the HTTP
server, enter the fully-qualified domain name or IP address. For
the HTTP directory, enter the name of the HTTP directory that
contains the RedHat directory. For example, if
the HTTP server contains the directory
/mirrors/redhat/i386/RedHat/, enter
/mirrors/redhat/i386/ for the HTTP directory.
Hard Drive — Choose this option to
install or upgrade from a hard drive. Hard drive installations
require the use of ISO (or CD-ROM) images. Be sure to verify that
the ISO images are intact before you start the installation. To
verify them, use an md5sum program as well as the
linux mediacheck boot option as discussed in the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide. Enter the hard drive partition that
contains the ISO images (for example,
/dev/hda1) in the Hard Drive
Partition text box. Enter the directory that contains the
ISO images in the Hard Drive Directory text
box.
