Red Hat Linux/x86 9 (Shrike) ==================================== The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Red Hat, Inc. and others. Please see the individual copyright notices in each source package for distribution terms. The distribution terms of the tools copyrighted by Red Hat, Inc. are as noted in the file EULA. Red Hat and RPM are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. ============================================================================ DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION Red Hat Linux is delivered on six CDROMs (disc 1 through disc 6). Disc 1 can be directly booted into the installation on most modern systems, and contains the following directory structure (where /mnt/cdrom is the mount point of the CD-ROM): /mnt/cdrom |----> RedHat | |----> RPMS -- binary packages | `----> base -- information on this release of Red Hat | Linux used by the installation process |----> images -- boot and ramdisk images |----> dosutils -- installation utilities for DOS |----> README -- this file |----> RELEASE-NOTES -- the latest information about this release | of Red Hat Linux `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat Discs 2 and 3 are similar to disc 1, except that only the RedHat subdirectory is present. The directory layout of discs 4, 5, and 6 are as follows: /mnt/cdrom |----> SRPMS -- source packages `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat If you are setting up an installation tree for NFS, FTP, or HTTP installations, you need to copy the RELEASE-NOTES files and all files from the RedHat directory on discs 1-3. On Linux and Unix systems, the following process will properly configure the /target/directory on your server (repeat for each disc): 1) Insert disc 2) mount /mnt/cdrom 3) cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory 4) cp /mnt/cdrom/RELEASE-NOTES* /target/directory 5) umount /mnt/cdrom Red Hat Linux is also available on a bootable DVD-ROM for compatible systems. The DVD-ROM contains all installation files and binaries (the contents of CD-ROM discs 1, 2, and 3) as well as source RPMS (discs 4, 5 and 6) and has the following directory structure (where /mnt/cdrom is the mount point of the DVD-ROM): /mnt/cdrom |----> RedHat | |----> RPMS -- binary packages | `----> base -- information on this release of Red Hat | Linux used by the installation process |----> SRPMS -- source packages |----> images -- boot and ramdisk images |----> dosutils -- installation utilities for DOS |----> README -- this file |----> RELEASE-NOTES -- the latest information about this release | of Red Hat Linux `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat ============================================================================ INSTALLING There are different boot images for booting your system; you will need one of them to boot your system into the Red Hat installation and upgrade program. For CDROM and hard drive installs, use the boot.img file. NFS, FTP, and HTTP installations requires the bootnet.img image. Installs through PCMCIA adapters (such as for PCMCIA-based CDROMs or network cards) need the pcmcia.img file. These image files may be found in the images directory on disc1. Many systems will require additional device drivers that are not available on the boot floppy. The images directory contains a drivers.img file which contains many extra drivers. Put its contents onto a floppy before beginning the installation process, and follow the on-screen instructions. To make a floppy disk from any of these images, use either the rawrite program in the dosutils directory or 'dd' under any Linux-like system. These programs will transfer the image to physical floppies. Once the floppy has been created, insert the boot floppy and boot your machine. Many computers can now automatically boot from CDROMs. If you have such a machine (and it is properly configured) you can boot the Red Hat Linux CDROM directly without using any boot disks. After booting, you'll be able to install your system from the CDROM. Note that booting from a CDROM is equivalent to booting from the boot.img file; additional drivers may still be required. ============================================================================ GETTING HELP For those that have web access, see http://www.redhat.com. In particular, access to our mailing lists can be found at: http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists If you don't have web access you can still subscribe to the main mailing list. To subscribe, send mail to Shrike-list-request@redhat.com with subscribe in the subject line. You can leave the body empty.