Network Installation Procedure

The following procedure describes how to perform a network installation from ISO images on Linux systems.

1. Insert bootdisk in your drive to boot your machine.

   The system starts to boot and displays the following list of options:

   • Boot from hard disk

   • Installation

   • Installation — ACPI Disabled

   • Installation — Safe Settings

   • Manual Installation

   • Rescue System

   • Memory Test

   Choose Installation from the menu and after a few moments, you are prompted to insert modules1.

2. Eject bootdisk and insert modules1, then press Return.

   The following prompt is displayed: "Please make sure that modules1 is in your drive!"

3. Choose Back -> English -> Kernel modules (hardware drivers) Load network card modules

   You are prompted to insert modules3.

4. Eject modules1 and insert modules3, then press Return.

5. Choose your network card.

6. Enter none when you are prompted for parameters.

   After a few seconds, the following prompt is displayed: Module <name> loaded successfully

7. Choose Back -> Start Installation/system -> Start Installation/update -> Network -> NFS

8. Enter none when you are prompted for DHCP parameters.

9. Enter the IP address of your machine.

10. Enter a subnet mask, for example, 255.255.255.0

11. Enter a gateway for the subnet.

12. Enter the IP address of the nameserver.

13. Enter the IP address of the NFS server. The NFS server is the machine on which you created the network install image.

14. Enter the subfolder /path/to/nfs/install/from that you previously created on the NFS server (see Setting up a Network Installation Repository From ISO Images).

15. Follow the remaining online installation instructions to complete the Java Desktop System network installation procedures.