Owner's Manual

12 Installation Instructions and Important Information
Installing Using the Dell Systems Management Tools and
Documentation Media
NOTE: Before you install the operating system using the Dell Systems Management
Tools and Documentation media, disconnect all USB storage devices that are
attached to your system.
Insert the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation media into
your optical drive and reboot your system. Follow the directions on the screen
and the instructions in the documentation that came with the media.
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Using the Red Hat Media
To perform a custom installation using the Red Hat media:
1 Insert the media into your optical drive and reboot your system.
A Welcome screen is displayed that gives you several choices for the type of
installation to perform.
2 Press <Enter> at the boot: prompt to select Graphical Installation
Mode
.
NOTE: If a message is displayed that the operating system cannot detect any disks
in the system during the installation process, use a device driver diskette for your
storage controller. Download the latest device driver diskette image for your
controller from support.dell.com, and follow the instructions for using that
diskette.
Refer to the notes on the left-hand side of the screen as you proceed through
the installation. Also, see the Installation Guide on the Red Hat
Documentation media.
NOTE: If you are installing or reinstalling Red Hat Enterprise Linux on a system with
a Dell utility partition, select Install boot loader on first sector of boot partition when
you are prompted. Performing this action maintains the ability to boot to the utility
partition because the system does not overwrite the master boot record.
NOTE: If you have a utility partition, view the existing partitions with Disk Druid in the
installer. The utility partition is located on either the /dev/sda1 or /dev/hda1 partition.
You can download updated operating system packages and the latest kernel
releases from the Red Hat Network website at rhn.redhat.com.
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