Installation guide

Chapter 4. Installing on Intel® and AMD Systems

This chapter explains how to perform a Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation from the DVD/CD -ROM,

using the graphical, mouse-based installation program. The following topics are discussed:

Becoming familiar with the installation program's user interface

Starting the installation program

Selecting an installation method

Configuration steps during the installation (language, keyboard, mouse, partitioning, etc.)

Finishing the installation

4.1. The Graphical Inst allat ion Program User Int erface

If you have used a graphical user interface (GUI) before, you are already familiar with this process; use

your mouse to navigate the screens, click buttons, or enter text fields.

You can also navigate through the installation using the keyboard. The Tab key allows you to move

around the screen, the Up and Down arrow keys to scroll through lists, + and - keys expand and

collapse lists, while Space and Enter selects or removes from selection a highlighted item. You can

also use the Alt+X key command combination as a way of clicking on buttons or making other

screen selections, where X is replaced with any underlined letter appearing within that screen.

Note

If you are using an x86, AMD64, or Intel® 64 system, and you do not wish to use the GUI

installation program, the text mode installation program is also available. To start the text

mode installation program, use the following command at the boot: prompt:

linux text

Refer to Section 4.3, “The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface” for a brief overview of

text mode installation instructions.

It is highly recommended that installs be performed using the GUI installation program. The

GUI installation program offers the full functionality of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation

program, including LVM configuration which is not available during a text mode installation.

Users who must use the text mode installation program can follow the GUI installation

instructions and obtain all needed information.

⁠Chapt er 4 . Inst alling on Int el® and AMD Syst ems