Installation of Red Hat Linux
Configuring a Network Installation Most Linux users can install Red Hat Enterprise Linux from a CD-ROM. During the installation portion of the Red Hat exam, you'll probably want to save time by installing RHEL 3 over a network on an NFS, HTTP, or FTP server. As you'll want to practice network installations, you'll want to set up a network server. For completeness, you can also install RHEL from ISO images on a local hard disk. Configuring a Network Installation Server Once you have the Red Hat installation CDs, configuring a network installation server is a fairly easy process. All you need to do is copy the files from each CD's /RedHat directory to a common directory, configure sharing on the directory, and then activate the NFS, FTP, or HTTP network. Before you set up a network installation source, you'll need a partition with about 2GB of free space (or more). I'll illustrate the process for an NFS server, and explain the variations for FT...