Installation guide

tition contains the YABOOT boot loader (which allows other POWER systems to boot Red
Hat Enterprise Linux). Unless you plan to boot from a floppy or network source, you must
have a PPC PReP boot partition to boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
For IBM System i and IBM System p users: The PPC PReP boot partition should be
between 4-8 MB, not to exceed 10 MB.
• A /boot/ partition (100 MB) — the partition mounted on /boot/ contains the operating sys-
tem kernel (which allows your system to boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux), along with files
used during the bootstrap process. Due to the limitations of most PC firmware, creating a
small partition to hold these is a good idea. For most users, a 100 MB boot partition is suffi-
cient.
Caution
If you have a RAID card, be aware that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0.0 does
not support setting up hardware RAID on an IPR card. If you already have the
RAID array setup, Open Firmware does not support booting from the RAID
card. In cases such as these, the /boot/ partition must be created on a partition
outside of the RAID array, such as on a separate hard drive.
• A root partition (3.0 GB - 5.0 GB) — this is where "/" (the root directory) is located. In this
setup, all files (except those stored in /boot) are on the root partition.
A 3.0 GB partition allows you to install a minimal installation, while a 5.0 GB root partition
lets you perform a full installation, choosing all package groups.
19.5. Adding Partitions
To add a new partition, select the New button. A dialog box appears (refer to Figure 12.17,
“Creating a New Partition”).
Note
You must dedicate at least one partition for this installation, and optionally more.
For more information, refer to Chapter 25, An Introduction to Disk Partitions.
19.5. Adding Partitions
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