Those of you that have installed Red Hat Linux/Intel before and are in a hurry to get started need only boot from a boot diskette (or the Red Hat Linux/Intel CD-ROM, if your computer supports a bootable CD-ROM). There are three separate boot disks, one for CD-ROM and hard drive installations, one for NFS, FTP, and HTTP installations, and one for PCMCIA device installations [1] . Next, select the desired installation method. If you will be using a PCMCIA device during the installation, you will need to use the PCMCIA boot disk [2] .
If you are attempting to install Red Hat Linux on an Alpha or a SPARC, you really should read Chapter 2 as well as the Official Red Hat Linux Alpha/SPARC Installation Addendum. They will refer you to information specific to your non-Intel-based system.
| [1] | If you need a boot disk for network type installations, you will have to create one. See the section called Need a Network Boot Disk? in Chapter 2 for that information. |
| [2] | If you will be using a PCMCIA device (a laptop for instance) during the install you should create a PCMCIA boot disk. the section called Need a PCMCIA Boot Disk? in Chapter 2 will describe how that disk is made. |