4.2 Installing from CD-ROM

SCSI

Select this if your CD-ROM is attached to a supported SCSI adapter; the installation program will then ask you to choose a SCSI driver. Choose the driver that most closely resembles your adapter. You may specify options for the driver if necessary; however, most drivers will detect your SCSI adapter automatically.

Other

If your CD-ROM is neither an IDE nor a SCSI CD-ROM, it's an ``other.'' Sound cards with proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are good examples of this CD-ROM type. The installation program presents a list of drivers for supported CD-ROMs -- choose a driver and, if necessary, specify any driver options.

Please Note:A partial list of optional parameters for CD-ROMs can be found in Appendix E. If you have an ATAPI CD-ROM and the installation program fails to find it (in other words, it asks you what type of CD-ROM you have), you must restart the installation, and enter linux hdX=cdrom. Replace the X with one of the following letters, depending on the interface the unit is connected to, and whether it is configured as master or slave:

• a -- First IDE controller, master
• b -- First IDE controller, slave
• c -- Second IDE controller, master
• d -- Second IDE controller, slave

(If you have a third and/or fourth controller, simply continue assigning letters in alphabetical order, going from controller to controller, and master to slave.)

Once your CD-ROM drive has been identified, you will be asked to insert the Red Hat Linux CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Select Ok when you have done so. After a short delay, the next dialog box will appear. Continue to section 4.4 for upgrade or full-installation instructions.