1. DVD/CD ROM
- For this method, user need to have a DVD/CD ROM drive and the CD installation.
- User can download the official release Linux iso image from whatever distributions they choose from distribution's official website and burn it into cd or dvd.
- They also have many mirrors in regions around the world which provide cd and dvd iso image download using FTP or HTTP for faster download.
2. Hard Drive
- User need to transfer the set of Scientific Linux Installation CD iso images to adirectory on their hard drive. Be sure to do amd5sum on the iso's. It is to ensure the user downloaded properly.
- Be usre to keep track of what drive, partition and directory on that you have your iso images.
3. NFS (Network File System)
- If you need to install Linux on many machines, you can use NFS . It makes it easier and faster because it allows you to install Linux on your local network.
- However, you need to configure the NFS server in order to make it available to remote machines.
4. FTP
- You can use this method if you don't have Red Hat Linux CD-ROM or a CD-ROM drive but do have network access.
- When installing via FTP, the Red Hat Linux packages you select are downloaded (using FTP) across the network to your computer and are installed on your hard drive.
5.HTTP
- Select this option if you have a HTTP (web) or FTP server that you can install from.
- If you have a web server running and want to enable HTTP access to your install server then add sym links from your document root to the install server directory and this will grant access.
- Then, make the install directory visible to your web server by making it appear under the document root by some means.
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