Installation guide

14. Enter the Installation Number ...............................................................30
15. Disk Partitioning Setup ........................................................................31
16. Advanced Storage Options ..................................................................33
17. Create Default Layout ..........................................................................34
18. Partitioning Your System .....................................................................36
18.1. Graphical Display of Hard Drive(s) .............................................37
18.2. Disk Druid's Buttons .................................................................37
18.3. Partition Fields .........................................................................38
18.4. Recommended Partitioning Scheme ..........................................39
18.5. Adding Partitions ......................................................................41
18.6. Editing Partitions ......................................................................43
18.7. Deleting a Partition ...................................................................44
19. x86, AMD64, and Intel 64 Boot Loader Configuration .............................44
19.1. Advanced Boot Loader Configuration .........................................46
19.2. Rescue Mode ...........................................................................48
19.3. Alternative Boot Loaders ...........................................................48
19.4. SMP Motherboards and GRUB .................................................49
20. Network Configuration .........................................................................49
21. Time Zone Configuration .....................................................................52
22. Set Root Password .............................................................................53
23. Package Group Selection ....................................................................55
24. Preparing to Install ..............................................................................57
24.1. Prepare to Install ......................................................................57
25. Installing Packages .............................................................................58
26. Installation Complete ...........................................................................58
27. Itanium Systems — Booting Your Machine and Post-Installation Setup ...58
27.1. Post-Installation Boot Loader Options ........................................59
27.2. Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automatically .........................59
5. Removing Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...............................................................61
6. Troubleshooting Installation on an Intel or AMD System ..................................63
1. You are Unable to Boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...................................63
1.1. Are You Unable to Boot With Your RAID Card? ............................63
1.2. Is Your System Displaying Signal 11 Errors? ................................63
2. Trouble Beginning the Installation ..........................................................64
2.1. Problems with Booting into the Graphical Installation ....................64
3. Trouble During the Installation ...............................................................64
3.1. No devices found to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Error Message
.........................................................................................................64
3.2. Saving Traceback Messages Without a Diskette Drive ..................65
3.3. Trouble with Partition Tables .......................................................65
3.4. Using Remaining Space .............................................................65
3.5. Other Partitioning Problems ........................................................65
3.6. Other Partitioning Problems for Itanium System Users ..................66
3.7. Are You Seeing Python Errors? ...................................................66
4. Problems After Installation .....................................................................67
4.1. Trouble With the Graphical GRUB Screen on an x86-based System?
.........................................................................................................67
4.2. Booting into a Graphical Environment ..........................................67
4.3. Problems with the X Window System (GUI) ..................................68
4.4. Problems with the X Server Crashing and Non-Root Users ...........68
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0.0
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