HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration
Table 6-2 Linux Installation Screens (continued)
Typical EntryScreen Title
Select your primary language plus any additional languages, then enter
OK.
Language Support
Select a city in your time zone from the large scroll list, then enter OK.Time Zone Selection
Type in the guest's root password in each entry, then enter OK.Root Password
Select Customize software selection and then enter OK.
Package Defaults
Scroll to the bottom, select Everything, and then enter OK.
Package Group Selection
Enter OK.Installation to begin
Enter Continue.
Required Install Media
Watch the progress percentage increment to 100%.Processing
Observe installation process.Install Starting
Observe progress.Package Installation
Enter Reboot.
Complete
NOTE: If you use ISO images for installation, you can leave the virtual CD images mounted,
so that you can easily install additional software at a later time.
The guest reboots and displays a normal Linux boot sequence on the console.
EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.62] [Build: Wed Sep 6 11:13:44 2006]
Please select a boot option
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS
EFI Shell [Built-in]
Boot option maintenance menu
Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
Loading.: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS
Starting: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS
ELILO boot:
Uncompressing Linux... done
Loading initrd initrd-2.6.9-42.EL.img...done
<< Lots of lines deleted here >>
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 4)
Kernel 2.6.9-42.EL on an ia64
guest1.abc.com login:
7. Optionally remove the virtual DVD devices from the guest using the hpvmmodify command.
For example, on the VM Host:
# hpvmmodify -P guest1 \
-d dvd:scsi::file:/var/opt/hpvm/ISO-images/linux/RHEL4-U4-ia64-AS-disc1.iso \
-d dvd:scsi::file:/var/opt/hpvm/ISO-images/linux/RHEL4-U4-ia64-AS-disc2.iso \
-d dvd:scsi::file:/var/opt/hpvm/ISO-images/linux/RHEL4-U4-ia64-AS-disc3.iso \
-d dvd:scsi::file:/var/opt/hpvm/ISO-images/linux/RHEL4-U4-ia64-AS-disc4.iso \
-d dvd:scsi::file:/var/opt/hpvm/ISO-images/linux/RHEL4-U4-ia64-AS-disc5.iso
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