Owners Manual

5 Click Next.
6 Select BIOS or UEFI when prompted, and click Next.
7 Insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installation media and click Next.
8 Click Finish to reboot the system and continue with the operating system installation by booting to the operating system media.
NOTE: Upon reboot, the system prompts you to press a key to boot to the operating system media. If you do not press a
key, the system boots to the hard drive.
NOTE: All the copied drivers are removed after 18 hours. You must complete the operating system installation within 18
hours. To remove the drivers before 18 hours, reboot the system, press F10, and re-enter Dell EMC USC.
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on systems with a Dell
EMC Utility Partition
CAUTION: Back up all the data from the system before installing or upgrading the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating system.
The Dell EMC Utility Partition contains diagnostics and other utilities that can be initiated during system boot. If you are installing or
reinstalling Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on a system with a Dell EMC Utility Partition, install the boot loader on the rst sector of the boot
partition. This retains the option of booting from the Dell EMC Utility Partition as the system does not overwrite the MBR.
To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6:
1 Select the appropriate option in Which type of installation would you like?, such that the existing Dell EMC Utility Partition is not
deleted.
2 Select Review and Modify partitioning layout and click Next.
3 Review the partition setup and click Next.
4 Conrm to Write changes to disk.
5 When prompted to install the boot loader, click Change Device.
6 Select First sector of boot partition and click OK.
7 Follow the instructions on your screen and complete the installation.
NOTE
: By default, the installer does not overwrite the utility partition.
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 in the Conventional
(BIOS) Mode
CAUTION
: Back up all the data from the system before installing or upgrading the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating system.
1 Insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 media into your optical drive and boot the system.
NOTE
: If your system has a conventional BIOS, press F2 during boot to enter the BIOS and set the optical drive as the
rst boot device.
2 Select Install or upgrade an existing system in the Boot menu.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux installer loads.
3 Follow the instructions on the screen and complete the installation.
For more information, see the operating system documentation at www.access.redhat.com/documentation.
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Installation instructions and important information