Creating the Red Hat Boot Disk

To boot Red Hat Linux for the first time and start the Red Hat Linux installation program, you need a Red Hat boot disk.

To create the Red Hat boot disk under Windows, follow these steps:
1. Open an MS-DOS window (select Start > Programs > MS-DOS Prompt).
2. In the MS-DOS window, enter the following commands at the MS-DOS prompt.

d: (use the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive)
cd \dosutils
rawrite
Enter disk image source file name: \images\boot.img
Enter target diskette drive: a
Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and press -
ENTER- :

3. As instructed, you should put a formatted disk into your PC’s A: drive and then press Enter. RAWRITE.EXE copies the boot-image file to the disk.

When the DOS prompt returns, remove the Red Hat boot disk from the A: drive
and label it as a Red Hat boot disk.