System information
Chapter 3. Installation of Red Hat Linux 7.3 and IBM Director Agent 49
• Modify the proposal, by clicking Base partition setup on this proposal and then
clicking Next.
The Expert Partitioner window opens, which allows you to view and manipulate the
existing partitions on the hard drive(s).
Click Create to add new partitions, Delete to delete partitions (highlight partition
you wish deleted first), Edit to make changes to existing partitions, and Resize to
resize ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, and swap partitions.
When finished, select Next.
• Discard the proposal, by clicking Create custom partition setup and clicking Next.
This will bring you to the Preparing Hard Disk - Step 1 window, where you can:
Select the hard disk where you want to install SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8. Click
Next. Depending on the current state of the hard disk, you will have the opportunity
to erase the complete hard disk, delete certain partitions or install SLES 8 on the
free space currently available on the disk.
Or you can click Custom partitioning -- for experts and then click Next. This will
bring you to the Expert Partitioner window as mentioned previously.
Figure 3-14 SLES Installation - Software packages installation
– Software: Click Software to change the default software configuration. The default
configuration installs most basic networking, administrative, and development tools
needed. In the Software Selection window, select the software configuration you want.
Click Accept after you have chosen the software you want.
For a specialized selection, click Detailed selection. You can then select specific
software using the package tool. When finished, click Accept.
– Booting: Click Booting and make sure that Write GRUB to the boot disk ('MBR on
<device>') is selected. Add the parameter acpi=oldboot under the Kernel boot.