Installation Guide

5.1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Publication date: January 2008

This Installation Guide documents relevant information regarding the installation of Red HatEnterprise Linux 5.1

Installation Guide

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Installation Guide

Introduction ............................................................................................................. xiii1. Architecture-specific Information ................................................................... xiii2. Document Conventions ................................................................................ xiii3. More to Come .............................................................................................. xvi

3.1. Send in Your Feedback ..................................................................... xvi4. Where to Find Other Manuals ...................................................................... xvii

I. x86, AMD64, Intel 64 and Itanium- Installation and Booting ..................................... 11. Itanium System Specific Information ................................................................ 3

1. Itanium System Installation Overview ...................................................... 32. Itanium Systems The EFI Shell ........................................................... 3

2.1. Itanium Systems EFI Device Names ........................................ 32.2. Itanium Systems EFI System Partition ...................................... 4

2. Steps to Get You Started ................................................................................ 51. Upgrade or Install? ................................................................................. 52. Is Your Hardware Compatible? ............................................................... 53. Do You Have Enough Disk Space? ......................................................... 54. Can You Install Using the CD-ROM or DVD? ........................................... 6

4.1. Alternative Boot Methods ............................................................. 64.2. Making an Installation Boot CD-ROM ........................................... 6

5. Preparing for a Network Installation ......................................................... 75.1. Preparing for FTP and HTTP installation ....................................... 85.2. Preparing for an NFS install ......................................................... 9

6. Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation ..................................................... 93. System Requirements Table ..........................................................................134. Installing on Intel and AMD Systems ............................................................15

1. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface ...................................151.1. A Note about Virtual Consoles ....................................................16

2. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface .................................172.1. Using the Keyboard to Navigate ..................................................19

3. Starting the Installation Program ............................................................193.1. Booting the Installation Program on x86, AMD64, and Intel 64Systems ...........................................................................................203.2. Booting the Installation Program on Itanium Systems ...................213.3. Additional Boot Options ..............................................................22

4. Selecting an Installation Method .............................................................245. Installing from DVD/CD-ROM .................................................................25

5.1. What If the IDE CD-ROM Was Not Found? ..................................266. Installing from a Hard Drive ...................................................................267. Performing a Network Installation ...........................................................278. Installing via NFS ..................................................................................289. Installing via FTP ..................................................................................2910. Installing via HTTP ..............................................................................3011. Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux ..................................................3212. Language Selection .............................................................................3213. Keyboard Configuration .......................................................................3314. Enter the Installation Number ...............................................................34

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15. Disk Partitioning Setup ........................................................................3516. Advanced Storage Options ..................................................................3717. Create Default Layout ..........................................................................3818. Partitioning Your System .....................................................................40

18.1. Graphical Display of Hard Drive(s) .............................................4118.2. Disk Druid's Buttons ................................................................4218.3. Partition Fields .........................................................................4318.4. Recommended Partitioning Scheme ..........................................4318.5. Adding Partitions ......................................................................4618.6. Editing Partitions ......................................................................4918.7. Deleting a Partition ...................................................................49

19. x86, AMD64, and Intel 64 Boot Loader Configuration ..........................4919.1. Advanced Boot Loader Configuration .........................................5119.2. Rescue Mode ...........................................................................5319.3. Alternative Boot Loaders ...........................................................5319.4. SMP Motherboards and GRUB .................................................54

20. Network Configuration .........................................................................5421. Time Zone Configuration .....................................................................5722. Set Root Password .............................................................................5823. Package Group Selection ....................................................................6024. Preparing to Install ..............................................................................63

24.1. Prepare to Install ......................................................................6325. Installing Packages .............................................................................6426. Installation Complete ...........................................................................6427. Itanium Systems Booting Your Machine and Post-Installation Setup ...64

27.1. Post-Installation Boot Loader Options ........................................6527.2. Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automatically .........................65

5. Removing Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...............................................................696. Troubleshooting Installation on an Intel or AMD System ................................71

1. You are Unable to Boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...................................711.1. Are You Unable to Boot With Your RAID Card? ............................711.2. Is Your System Displaying Signal 11 Errors? ................................71

2. Trouble Beginning the Installation ..........................................................722.1. Problems with Booting into the Graphical Installation ....................72

3. Trouble During the Installation ...............................................................723.1. No devices found to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux ErrorMessage ..........................................................................................723.2. Saving Traceback Messages Without a Diskette Drive ..................733.3. Trouble with Partition Tables .......................................................733.4. Using Remaining Space .............................................................733.5. Other Partitioning Problems ..............................................