Reference Guide

10 Important Information
3 Press <Enter> at the boot prompt to install or upgrade the operating
system using the
Graphic Installation Mode .
4 Review the notes on the left side of the screen as you proceed through
the installation.
For more information, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 documentation
included in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 media that ships with
your computer.
5 Restore the /usr/src/dell directory that you backed up in step 1.
6 Ty p e rpm -Uvh /usr/src/dell/rpms/<rpm name> for each
Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) in the
/usr/src/dell/rpms directory to
install the device driver and application packages provided by Dell.
The drivers and documentation that Dell installed on your computer
are available on the
Dell n Series Drivers and Utilities media. You can
download the latest device drivers from Dell Support website at
support.dell.com . Additional installation instructions can be found on
the Red Hat website at
www.redhat.com . For more information about
the drivers installed on your system click
System → Documentation .
NOTE: The native 2D Nv and Vesa drivers of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 may not
support nVIDIA’s latest graphic cards. When you reinstall Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5, a blank screen maybe diplayed. To work around this issue, reinstall Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 in text mode. A fix for this issue is expected in a future Red Hat
Enterprise Linux update.
To reinstall Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 in text mode, perform the following steps:
1
At the installation boot prompt, type:
linux text
2
Press <Enter>.
The installation continues in text mode.
3 Download the latest nVIDIA video driver from the Dell Support website
at
support.dell.com .
4 At the terminal, type:
rpm -ivh dell-nvidia-XXXX.rpm
5
Boot into the X Window system .
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