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I have downloaded RPMs from the ftp server. when I tried to install Redhat,
the computer said it cannot find the Redhat installation tree, so I thought
I need to download Base and Instimage dirctory in order to make it work. I
notice under the instimage dirctory that it has a lot of symbolic links. How
do I download symbolic links and do I really need them in order for the
Redhat installation to work?

thanks

The RedHat install procedure requires the rpms to be in the /RedHat/RPMS
directory of the source hard drive.

Quote:> I have downloaded RPMs from the ftp server. when I tried to install
Redhat,
> the computer said it cannot find the Redhat installation tree, so I
thought
> I need to download Base and Instimage dirctory in order to make it work. I
> notice under the instimage dirctory that it has a lot of symbolic links.
How
> do I download symbolic links and do I really need them in order for the
> Redhat installation to work?

If you download one of the win-like ftp clients like x?ftp.tar.gz from cdrom or
unc, then just highlight the top window dir (instimage) it'll bring down
everything (but only if you have a preexisting installation of linux to run it
from :) . Unfortunately it doesn't help the install. I was sure I remembered not
even having an instimage dir on previous installs and upgrades and so I renamed
it for 6.1 to xinstimage and it gave me the same error about anaconda.real...

              good luck,

                    Mick

(I think just the base and RPMS dirs are needed.)

Quote:> I have downloaded RPMs from the ftp server. when I tried to install
Redhat,
> the computer said it cannot find the Redhat installation tree, so I
thought
> I need to download Base and Instimage dirctory in order to make it

work.

Why do you download installation RPMs? Have you ever tried to create a
bootdisk and do a direkt FTP-Insatallation. That workel very well for
me.

Caspar

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