< Anaconda
Anaconda Consists of two stages:
- First stage starts the installation
- Second stage performs the installation
anaconda is execute in two stages. The first stage boots the system and performs initialization of the system. It will then load the second stage from the selected installation medium.
The first stage loads anaconda, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installer. It consists of a special kernel and initrd.img. These files can be loaded by any supported bootloader. Images for alternative installation boot media can be found on the first installation disk or installation DVD. The first stage parses command line arguments and then initializes the selected mode of the Installer. If booted from an installation CD it automatically starts the second stage. Otherwise it queries for language, keyboard layout and installation source. It sets up networking if the user selects a network based installation method. You can specify the askmethod command line argument to force a network installation from an installation CD.
The second stage of anaconda first configures language and keyboard mapping if this had not been done
by the first stage. It then requests an Installation Number to access additional packages on the installation
media. If the Installation Number is skipped, only packages from the base distribution will be installed.
stage1 only contains blue text-box user interface. stage2 begins from the first gui/gtk page after "Running anaconda <version>, the <product> system installer - please wait."