Installation guide

Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... i
1. Document Conventions .......................................................................................................... i
2. How to Use This Manual ..................................................................................................... iii
2.1. We Need Feedback! .............................................................................................. iv
3. Accessibility Solutions ........................................................................................................ iv
1. Itanium System Specific Information............................................................................................ 1
1.1. Itanium System Installation Overview............................................................................... 1
1.2. Itanium Systems — The EFI Shell .................................................................................... 1
1.2.1. Itanium Systems — EFI Device Names ............................................................. 1
1.2.2. Itanium Systems — EFI System Partition .......................................................... 2
2. Steps to Get You Started................................................................................................................. 3
2.1. Where to Find Other Manuals............................................................................................ 3
2.2. Is Your Hardware Compatible? .......................................................................................... 3
2.3. Do You Have Enough Disk Space?.................................................................................... 3
2.4. Can You Install Using the CD-ROM?................................................................................ 4
2.4.1. Alternative Boot Methods ................................................................................... 4
2.4.2. Making an Installation Boot CD-ROM............................................................... 4
2.5. Preparing for a Network Installation.................................................................................. 5
2.5.1. Using ISO Images for NFS Installs .................................................................... 6
2.6. Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation.............................................................................. 7
3. System Requirements Table ........................................................................................................... 9
4. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux........................................................................................... 11
4.1. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface ......................................................... 11
4.1.1. A Note about Virtual Consoles ......................................................................... 12
4.2. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface ....................................................... 12
4.2.1. Using the Keyboard to Navigate ....................................................................... 14
4.3. Starting the Installation Program ..................................................................................... 14
4.3.1. Booting the Installation Program on x86, AMD64, and Intel® EM64T Systems
14
4.3.2. Booting the Installation Program on Itanium Systems ..................................... 15
4.3.3. Additional Boot Options ................................................................................... 16
4.4. Selecting an Installation Method ..................................................................................... 18
4.5. Installing from CD-ROM................................................................................................. 19
4.5.1. What If the IDE CD-ROM Was Not Found? .................................................... 19
4.6. Installing from a Hard Drive ............................................................................................ 20
4.7. Performing a Network Installation................................................................................... 20
4.8. Installing via NFS ............................................................................................................ 20
4.9. Installing via FTP............................................................................................................. 21
4.10. Installing via HTTP........................................................................................................ 22
4.11. Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux .......................................................................... 23
4.12. Language Selection ........................................................................................................ 23
4.13. Keyboard Configuration ................................................................................................. 24
4.14. Disk Partitioning Setup .................................................................................................. 25
4.15. Automatic Partitioning ................................................................................................... 26
4.16. Partitioning Your System ............................................................................................... 28
4.16.1. Graphical Display of Hard Drive(s)................................................................ 30
4.16.2. Disk Druid’s Buttons ..................................................................................... 30
4.16.3. Partition Fields ................................................................................................ 31
4.16.4. Recommended Partitioning Scheme ............................................................... 31
4.16.5. Adding Partitions ............................................................................................ 33
4.16.6. Editing Partitions ............................................................................................ 35
4.16.7. Deleting a Partition ......................................................................................... 35