cwlai,
The first thing you should do is read the RHL 5.0 User's Guide--especially
the section "Before You Begin". You can find the manual online at
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/manual/manual/
One important thing, though: if you have just a dial-up connection to the
Internet, you will not have much luck with the install as it is a fairly
long process and dial-up connections tend to break without warning.
However, if you have a LAN-based Internet connection, installing via FTP
is relatively easy. You will need to make two installation disks: a boot
disk and a supplemental disk. You will also need to know the IP address
of the server from which you will install, or have a valid nameserver
available.
Another option--if you have the equipment--is to download the entire
contents of the installation directory to a machine on your LAN that runs
an FTP server (ftpd). Then, you can use it locally and the actual
installation will go much more quickly--which is important if, like most
of us, you need go through the process more than once! I installed in
this fashion on a SPARC box here at our office. It worked like a charm.
It can't be stressed enough: Please read the installation guide at least
once before proceeding!
Good luck!
Mike Edwards
On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Lai Chi Wai wrote:
> Hello,
> I am a new subscriber to this rehat-list and I want to install RedHat 5.0 by
> anonymous ftp to get what I want. I have a Petium 200 MMX, so I connect to
>
> ftp://sunsite.ust.hk/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/current/i386/RedHat/RPMS/
>
> I have read many HOWTOs and FAQ but still do not know what files should I
> get. I am quite confused by so much information. I have the following
> questions:
>
> Is the site I connected suitable for getting stuffs for install RedHat5.0?
>
> In the site, there are so many files, to list only a few of them:
[snip]
> Do I need to get all of them? In other words, which should I get?
>
>
> Can anyone help me? Many thanks.
>
> yours,
> cwlai
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