12.10. Installing via FTP
The FTP dialog applies only if you are installing from an FTP server (if you selected
in the
Installation Method
dialog). This dialog allows you to identify the FTP server from which you are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Enter the name or IP address of the FTP site you are installing from, and the name of the directory containing the
variant
/ directory for your architecture. For example, if the FTP site contains the directory /mirrors/redhat/
arch
/
variant
;/, enter /mirrors/redhat/
arch/
(where
arch
is replaced with the architecture type of your system, such as i386, ia64, ppc, or s390x, and
variant
is the variant that you are installing, such as Client, Server, Workstation, etc.). If everything was specified properly, a message box appears indicating that files are being retrieved from the server.
Next, the
Welcome
dialog appears.
Note
You can save disk space by using the ISO images you have already copied to the server. To accomplish this, install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using ISO images without copying them into a single tree by loopback mounting them. For each ISO image:
mkdir disc
X
mount -o loop RHEL5-disc
X
.iso disc
X
Replace X with the corresponding disc number.
