Installation guide

Table of Contents

Introduction .............................................................................................................. xii

1. Architecture-specific Information .................................................................... xii

2. Document Conventions ................................................................................. xii

3. More to Come ............................................................................................... xv

3.1. Send in Your Feedback ...................................................................... xv

4. Where to Find Other Manuals ........................................................................ xv

I. x86, AMD64, Intel 64 and Itanium- Installation and Booting ........................................ 1

1. Itanium System Specific Information ................................................................ 2

1. Itanium System Installation Overview ...................................................... 2

2. Itanium Systems — The EFI Shell ........................................................... 2

2.1. Itanium Systems — EFI Device Names ........................................ 2

2.2. Itanium Systems — EFI System Partition ...................................... 3

2. Steps to Get You Started ................................................................................ 4

1. Upgrade or Install? ................................................................................. 4

2. Is Your Hardware Compatible? ............................................................... 4

3. Do You Have Enough Disk Space? ......................................................... 4

4. Can You Install Using the CD-ROM or DVD? ........................................... 5

4.1. Alternative Boot Methods ............................................................. 5

4.2. Making an Installation Boot CD-ROM ........................................... 5

5. Preparing for a Network Installation ......................................................... 6

5.1. Preparing for FTP and HTTP installation ....................................... 7

5.2. Preparing for an NFS install ......................................................... 8

6. Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation ..................................................... 8

3. System Requirements Table ..........................................................................10

4. Installing on Intel and AMD Systems ..............................................................12

1. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface ...................................12

1.1. A Note about Virtual Consoles ....................................................13

2. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface .................................14

2.1. Using the Keyboard to Navigate ..................................................16

3. Starting the Installation Program ............................................................16

3.1. Booting the Installation Program on x86, AMD64, and Intel 64 Sys-

tems ................................................................................................17

3.2. Booting the Installation Program on Itanium Systems ...................18

3.3. Additional Boot Options ..............................................................19

4. Selecting an Installation Method .............................................................21

5. Installing from DVD/CD-ROM .................................................................21

5.1. What If the IDE CD-ROM Was Not Found? ..................................22

6. Installing from a Hard Drive ...................................................................22

7. Performing a Network Installation ...........................................................23

8. Installing via NFS ..................................................................................24

9. Installing via FTP ..................................................................................25

10. Installing via HTTP ..............................................................................26

11. Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux ..................................................27

12. Language Selection .............................................................................28

13. Keyboard Configuration .......................................................................29