If youare installing froma Network share, do thefollowing in theInstall Media Information
page:
a. Click Network.
b. In the address bar, specify the nfs, ftp, orhttp accessible networkaddress to the LinuxISO
image media. See tablebelow for examples and restrictions.
For OSes requiring multiple images (CD1, CD2, etc.), multiple address elds are available.
Note – The URL address can not contain spaces.
OSSource TransferMethod WhattoType
Content extracted from
an ISO imageto a
directory
HTTP Pathto directory containing the extracted OSinstall les.
Example:
http://hostname_or_IPaddress/extractedISOdirectory
FTP Pathto directory containing the extracted OSinstall les.
Example:
ftp://hostname_or_IPaddress/extractedISOdirectory
NFS Pathto directory containing the extracted OSinstall les.
Example:
nfs://hostname_or_IPaddress/extractedISOdirectory
Single ISO imagele in a
directory
NFS Pathto directory containing the OS installISO image le.
Example:
http://hostname_or_IPaddress/ISOimagedirectory
Note –The directory cannot contain more thanone ISO
image le.
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 les, and ISOimagedirectory the directory containing the
Linux OS installation ISO image le. For Linux, only the path to the directory containing the
ISO image source should be used; individual les (including .iso) cannot be part of the URL
path.
c. Click Next.
In the IdentifyingDistribution dialog, reviewthe information presented in thedialog then click
Next to start the OSinstaller.
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