Installation guide

4.17. x86, AMD64, and Intel® EM64T Boot Loader Configuration ..................................... 35
4.17.1. Advanced Boot Loader Configuration ............................................................ 37
4.17.2. Rescue Mode................................................................................................... 39
4.17.3. Alternative Boot Loaders ................................................................................ 39
4.17.4. SMP Motherboards and GRUB ...................................................................... 39
4.18. Network Configuration .................................................................................................. 40
4.19. Firewall Configuration ................................................................................................... 42
4.20. Language Support Selection .......................................................................................... 44
4.21. Time Zone Configuration ............................................................................................... 45
4.22. Set Root Password ......................................................................................................... 46
4.23. Package Group Selection ............................................................................................... 48
4.24. Preparing to Install ......................................................................................................... 49
4.25. Installing Packages......................................................................................................... 50
4.26. Installation Complete ..................................................................................................... 50
4.27. Activate Your Subscription ............................................................................................ 50
4.27.1. Provide a Red Hat Login................................................................................. 51
4.27.2. Provide Your Subscription Number ................................................................ 51
4.27.3. Connect Your System...................................................................................... 51
4.28. Itanium Systems — Booting Your Machine and Post-Installation Setup ...................... 52
4.28.1. Post-Installation Boot Loader Options............................................................ 52
4.28.2. Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automatically .......................................... 52
A. Upgrading Your Current System................................................................................................ 55
A.1. Determining Whether to Upgrade or Re-Install .............................................................. 55
A.2. Upgrading Your System .................................................................................................. 56
A.3. Upgrade Boot Loader Configuration............................................................................... 56
A.4. Upgrading Packages........................................................................................................ 57
A.5. Upgrade Complete .......................................................................................................... 57
B. Removing Red Hat Enterprise Linux ......................................................................................... 59
C. Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux............................................ 61
C.1. You are Unable to Boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux ......................................................... 61
C.1.1. Are You Unable to Boot With Your RAID Card? ............................................ 61
C.1.2. Is Your System Displaying Signal 11 Errors? .................................................. 61
C.2. Trouble Beginning the Installation .................................................................................. 62
C.2.1. Is Your Mouse Not Detected? .......................................................................... 62
C.2.2. Problems with Booting into the Graphical Installation .................................... 62
C.3. Trouble During the Installation ....................................................................................... 63
C.3.1. No devices found to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Error Message
63
C.3.2. Saving Traceback Messages Without a Diskette Drive.................................... 63
C.3.3. Trouble with Partition Tables ........................................................................... 63
C.3.4. Using Remaining Space ................................................................................... 64
C.3.5. Other Partitioning Problems for x86 System Users ......................................... 64
C.3.6. Other Partitioning Problems for Itanium System Users ................................... 64
C.3.7. Are You Seeing Python Errors? ....................................................................... 64
C.4. Problems After Installation ............................................................................................. 65
C.4.1. Trouble With the Graphical GRUB Screen on an x86-based System? ............ 66
C.4.2. Booting into a Graphical Environment ............................................................ 66
C.4.3. Problems with the X Window System (GUI)................................................... 67
C.4.4. Problems with the X Server Crashing and Non-Root Users ............................ 67
C.4.5. Problems When You Try to Log In .................................................................. 67
C.4.6. Is Your RAM Not Being Recognized? ............................................................. 68
C.4.7. Your Printer Does Not Work ............................................................................ 68
C.4.8. Problems with Sound Configuration ................................................................ 69
C.4.9. Apache-based httpd service/Sendmail Hangs During Startup ....................... 69
C.4.10. Trouble with NVIDIA chipset........................................................................ 69