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>Securing and Optimizing Linux: RedHat Edition -A Hands on Guide</TH
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>Chapter 3. Installation of your Linux Server</TD
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>3.2. Creating the Boot Disk and Booting</A
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The first thing to do is to create an installation diskette also known as a boot disk. If you have purchased the
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official Red Hat Linux <SPAN
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>, you will find this floppy disk named Boot Diskette in the Red Hat Linux box and
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you don't need to create it. From time to time, you may find that the installation will fail with the standard diskette
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image that comes with the official Red Hat Linux CD-ROM. If this happens, a revised diskette is required in order for
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the installation to work properly. In these cases, special images are available via the Red Hat Linux Errata web
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page to solve the problem <A
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relatively rare occurrence, you will save time if you try to use the standard diskette images first, and then review
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the Errata only if you experience any problem completing the installation.
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>Step 1. </B
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Before you make the boot disk, insert the Official <SPAN
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Part 1 in your computer that runs the <SPAN
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> operating system. When the program asks for the filename,
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enter <TT
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>boot.img</TT
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> for the boot disk. To make the floppies under <SPAN
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>, you need to use these
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commands assuming your <SPAN
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> is drive <TT
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>Open the Command Prompt under Windows: <B
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> C:\> d:
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D:\> cd \dosutils
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D:\dosutils> rawrite
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Enter disk image source file name: ..\images\boot.img
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Enter target diskette drive: a:
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Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and press --ENTER-- :
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D:\dosutils>
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> The <SPAN
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>rawrite.exe</SPAN
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> program asks for the filename of the disk image: Enter <TT
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>boot.img</TT
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> and insert a <SPAN
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>floppy</SPAN
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into drive A. It will then ask for a disk to write to: Enter <TT
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>a:</B
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>, and when complete, label the disk; for example, Red Hat boot disk.
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>Step 2. </B
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Since we'd start the installation directly off the <SPAN
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>, boot with the boot disk. Insert the boot diskette you create into the drive A: on the computer where you want to
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install Linux and reboot the computer. At the <TT
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>boot:</TT
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>, press <B
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> to continue booting and follow the three simple steps below:
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>You can choose your prefferd language for the Linux OS from a list. For example, English, Danish etc
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>You can choose your Keyboard type. For example <TT
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>You can choose your mouse type. For example Logitech two button, Microsoft three button mouse etc
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