Installation guide

• Use free space on selected drives and create default layout — select this option to retain

your current data and partitions, assuming you have enough free space available on your

hard drive(s).

Figure 4.14. Create Default Layout

Using your mouse, choose the storage drive(s) on which you want Red Hat Enterprise Linux to

be installed. If you have two or more drives, you can choose which drive(s) should contain this

installation. Unselected drives, and any data on them, are not touched.

Caution

It is always a good idea to back up any data that you have on your systems. For

example, if you are upgrading or creating a dual-boot system, you should back up

any data you wish to keep on your drive(s). Mistakes do happen and can result in

the loss of all your data.

Tip

If you have a RAID card, be aware that some BIOSes do not support booting from

17. Create Default Layout