Installation guide

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mpath
enables multipath support.
Important — mandatory for installation on multipath
devices
If you install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 on a network storage device accessible
through multiple paths, you must boot the installation process with this option. If you
do not specify this option at boot time, installation will fail, or the system will fail to
boot after installation completes.
noeject
do not eject optical discs after installation. This option is useful in remote installations
where it is difficult to close the tray afterwards.
nopass
this command disables the passing of keyboard and mouse information to stage 2 of the
installation program. It can be used to test keyboard and mouse configuration screens
during stage 2 of the installation program when performing a network installation.
nopcmcia
this command ignores any PCMCIA controllers in system.
noprobe
this command disables hardware detection and instead prompts the user for hardware
information.
noshell
this command disables shell access on virtual console 2 during an installation.
nostorage
this command disables probing for SCSI and RAID storage hardware.
nousb
this command disables the loading of USB support during the installation. If the installation
program tends to hang early in the process, this command may be helpful.
nousbstorage
this command disables the loading of the usbstorage module in the installation program's
loader. It may help with device ordering on SCSI systems.
rescue
this command runs rescue mode. Refer to Chapter 27, Basic System Recovery for more
information about rescue mode.
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