Re: RH6.1 as ISO, How do you install it?

[Allix Primus <alleve idirect com>]

Or he can download winimage , go in windows, and extract the thing into a
directory like i always do :)

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Robert Key wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>   Interesting one this! The only way I can think of is to record it onto a CD
> using a cdwriter and then install from there. Yeah you probably don't have
> access to a CD writer?
> Ok ummh, if you are already running a version of linux, an older one whatever,
> you could mount the image on the loop back device and then copy to the files
> to some place on your hard drive. You will need some disk space though.
>  to mount the image on the loop back device: mount -t iso9660 -o
> loop=/dev/loop1,ro /mnt  isoimage.
> Hope this helps, but this sounds like the chicken or egg situation!
> Good luck. I don't know of a windows (ugh) utility that will produce the files
> from the iso image. But look!
> Cheers,
>    Rob
> Peter Anis wrote:
> 
> > Hi, i recently downloaded the RH6.1 iso file from the redhat site. how do i
> > install it? I am a beginner at Linux. Please help. Thanks,
> >
> > Peter
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