4.3.2.1. Booting the Installation Program from the DVD/CD-ROM

4.3.2.1. Booting the Installation Program from the DVD/CD-ROM

To boot from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD #1 follow these steps:

  1. Remove all media except Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD #1.

  2. From the Boot Option menu choose EFI Shell.

  3. At the Shell> prompt, change to the file system on the CD-ROM. For example, in the above sample map output, the system partition on the CD-ROM is fs1. To change to the fs1 file system, type fs1: at the prompt.

  4. Type elilo linux to boot into the installation program.

  5. Go to Chapter 4, Installing on Intel® and AMD Systems to begin the installation.


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