Installing Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional
1. Power on the server, and insert the
Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional Installation CD
in the CD tray
to start the installation.
2. The NOS will boot and display the boot prompt. Press
Enter
. If you would like to
pick the order in which drivers are loaded, enter the command:
linux noprobe
3. At
the
Language selection
screen, select your language then press
Next
.
4. At
the
Keyboard Configuration
screen, select your keyboard. Press
Next
.
5. At
the
Mouse Configuration
screen, select your mouse. Check the box
Emulate 3
buttons
. Press
Next
.
6. At
the
Install Type
screen, select
Custom System
. Press
Next
.
NOTE: If you receive a message about "Bad partition tables", please choose to
initialize
all the hard drives.
7. Select
Manually partition with Disk Druid
to begin preparing the hard disk. Press
Next
.
8. Disk partitioning will vary depending on the type of services the server will provide.
The amount of swap space required also varies depending on the amount of RAM in
the system.
The following partitioning scheme is given as an example.
9. Create a boot partition.
A. Click on the free space under
Device.
B. Click
New
Note: If you double-click on the free space, instead of clicking on
New
, a
different "add partition" screen will come up, with different options. In this
screen, you must specify the Start and Ending Cylinders of the partition you are
creating, instead of specifying the size of the partition.
C. Set the parameters as follows:
Partition type:
Ext3
Allowable drives:
sda
(If you have multiple drives available)
Mount point:
/boot
Size:
75
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