Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

32CHAPTER 1Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linuxharddrive --partition= --dir=The installation CD ISOs or source is located on a hard drive partition in thesystem, which is formatted as ext2, ext3, or vfat. The partition and directorycontaining the installation source or ISOs must be specified as options to thecommand.nfs --server= --dir=The installation files are located on an NFS share accessible by the system. Thehostname or IP address of the server and the directory on the NFS servercontaining the installation tree must be listed. If a hostname is listed, the systembeing installed must be able to resolve it to an IP address. NFS options can alsobe provided with the --opts= argument to the nfs command.url --url=The installation tree or installation ISOs are located on an FTP or HTTP serveraccessible by the system being installed. The can be in either of thefollowing forms:http://server.example.com/install/tree/dir/ftp://:@server.example.com/install/tree/dir/. upgradeUpgrade the existing system instead of performing a full installation.. autostepShow each installation screen as kickstart automatically performs the steps from thescreen. Useful for debugging.. interactiveSimilar to autostep except that each screen is populated with the values from thekickstart file and shown for verification or modification. To continue, the administratormust click Next for each screen after reviewing it.. keyProvide the installation number for the system. Use key --skip if you do not wantto enter an installation number.. cmdlineUse the non-interactive command-line installation mode. Useful for S/390 systemswith the x3270 console.. textForce the installation to be performed in text-mode. Network, hard drive, and CD-ROM installations are performed in graphical mode unless the text command islisted.