Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Taroon Update 7)

Copyright © 2005 Red Hat, Inc.

The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright © 1995-2005 Red Hat, Inc. and others. Please see the individual copyright notices in each source package for distribution terms. The distribution terms of the tools copyrighted by Red Hat, Inc. are as noted in the file EULA.

Red Hat and RPM are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.

DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is delivered on seven CD-ROMs consisting of installation CD-ROMs and source code CD-ROMs.

The first Installation CD-ROM can be directly booted into the installation on most modern systems, and contains the following directory structure (where /mnt/cdrom is the mount point of the CD-ROM):

      

/mnt/cdrom
  |----> RedHat
  |        |----> RPMS         -- binary packages
  |        `----> base         -- information on this release of Red Hat
  |                               Enterprise Linux used by the installation
  |                               process
  |----> dosutils              -- installation utilities for DOS
  |----> images                -- boot CD-ROM image
  |----> isolinux              -- Files used for booting from CD
  |----> README                -- this file
  |----> RELEASE-NOTES         -- the latest information about this release
  |                               of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  `----> RPM-GPG-KEY           -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat

The remaining Installation CD-ROMs are similar to Installation CD-ROM 1, except that only the RedHat subdirectory is present.

The directory layout of all Source Code CD-ROMs are as follows:


/mnt/cdrom
  |----> SRPMS                 -- source packages
  `----> RPM-GPG-KEY           -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat

If you are setting up an installation tree for NFS, FTP, or HTTP installations, you must copy the RELEASE-NOTES files and all files from the RedHat directory on all Installation CD-ROMs. On Linux and UNIX systems, the following process will properly configure the /target/directory on your server (repeat for each disc):

  1. Insert CD-ROM

  2. mount /mnt/cdrom

  3. cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory

  4. cp /mnt/cdrom/RELEASE-NOTES* /target/directory (Installation CD 1 only)

  5. umount /mnt/cdrom

INSTALLING

Many computers can now automatically boot from CD-ROMs. If you have such a machine (and it is properly configured) you can boot the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation CD-ROM 1 directly without using any boot diskettes. After booting, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program will start, and you will be able to install your system from the CD-ROM.

The images/ directory contains the file boot.iso. This file is an ISO image that can be used to boot the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program. It is a handy way to start network-based installations without having to use multiple diskettes. To use boot.iso, your computer must be able to boot from its CD-ROM drive, and its BIOS settings must be configured to do so. You must then burn boot.iso onto a recordable/rewriteable CD-ROM.

GETTING HELP

For those that have web access, refer to http://www.redhat.com. In particular, access to our mailing lists can be found at:

http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists

If you do not have web access you can still subscribe to the main mailing list.

To subscribe, send mail to taroon-list-request@redhat.com with subscribe in the subject line. You can leave the body empty.

EXPORT CONTROL

As required by U.S. law, user represents and warrants that it: (a) understands that certain of the software are subject to export controls under the U.S. Commerce Departments Export Administration Regulations (EAR); (b) is not located in a prohibited destination country under the EAR or U.S. sanctions regulations (currently Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria); (c) will not export, re-export, or transfer the software to any prohibited destination, entity, or individual without the necessary export license(s) or authorizations(s) from the U.S. Government; (d) will not use or transfer the software for use in any sensitive nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or missile technology end-uses unless authorized by the U.S. Government by regulation or specific license; (e) understands and agrees that if it is in the United States and exports or transfers the Software to eligible end users, it will, as required by EAR Section 741.17(e), submit semi-annual reports to the Commerce Departments Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS), which include the name and address (including country) of each transferee; and (f) understands that countries other than the United States may restrict the import, use, or export of encryption products and that it shall be solely responsible for compliance with any such import, use, or export restrictions.