Installation guide

Chapter 4. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 35
• vfat — The VFAT file system is a Linux file system that is compatible with Microsoft Windows
long filenames on the FAT file system. This file system must be used for the /boot/efi/ partition
on Itanuim systems.
4.16.6. Editing Partitions
To edit a partition, select the Edit button or double-click on the existing partition.
Note
If the partition already exists on your hard disk, you can only change the partition’s mount point. To
make any other changes, you must delete the partition and recreate it.
4.16.7. Deleting a Partition
To delete a partition, highlight it in the Partitions section and click the Delete button. Confirm the
deletion when prompted.
For further installation instructions for x86, AMD64, and Intel® EM64T systems, skip to
Section 4.17 x86, AMD64, and Intel® EM64T Boot Loader Configuration.
For further installation instructions for Itanium systems, skip to Section 4.18 Network Configuration.
4.17. x86, AMD64, and Intel® EM64T Boot Loader Configuration
To boot the system without boot media, you usually need to install a boot loader. A boot loader is the
first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading and transferring
control to the operating system kernel software. The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of the operating
system.
GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader), which is installed by default, is a very powerful boot loader.
GRUB can load a variety of free operating systems, as well as proprietary operating systems with
chain-loading (the mechanism for loading unsupported operating systems, such as DOS or Windows,
by loading another boot loader).