Installing Linux With SIA

5If you are installing from a Network share, do the following in the Install Media Information page:

a.Click Network.

b.In the address bar, specify the nfs, ftp, or http accessible network address to the Linux ISO image media. See table below for examples and restrictions.

For OSes requiring multiple images (CD1, CD2, etc.), multiple address fields are available.

Note – The URL address can not contain spaces.

OS Source

Transfer Method

What to Type

 

 

 

Content extracted from

HTTP

Path to directory containing the extracted OS install files.

an ISO image to a

 

Example:

directory

 

http://hostname_or_IPaddress/extractedISOdirectory

 

 

 

FTP

Path to directory containing the extracted OS install files.

 

 

Example:

 

 

ftp://hostname_or_IPaddress/extractedISOdirectory

 

NFS

Path to directory containing the extracted OS install files.

 

 

Example:

 

 

nfs://hostname_or_IPaddress/extractedISOdirectory

 

 

 

Single ISO image file in a

NFS

Path to directory containing the OS install ISO image file.

directory

 

Example:

 

 

http://hostname_or_IPaddress/ISOimagedirectory

 

 

Note – The directory can not contain more than one ISO

 

 

image file.

 

 

 

Where hostname_or_IPaddress is either the hostname or the IP address of the server containing the ISO image, extractedISOdirectory is the directory containing the extracted Linux OS installation ISO image files, andISOimagedirectory the directory containing the Linux OS installation ISO image file. For Linux, only the path to the directory containing the ISO image source should be used; individual files (including .iso) cannot be part of the URL path.

c. Click Next.

6In the Identifying Distribution dialog, review the information presented in the dialog then click Next to start the OS installer.

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