29. In the Kdump window, select
Enable kdump
if desired, and then click
Forward
.
Note:
Kdump is a kernel crash dumping mechanism.
30. Set your time and date in the Date and Time window, and then click
Forward
.
31. In the Set Up Software Updates window, make sure that the network connection on your server works,
and then click
Forward
.
32. Set your user name and password in the Create User window, and then click
Forward
.
33. In the Sound Card window, click
Forward
.
34. When the Additional CDs window opens asking you if you need to install additional software programs
from a CD/DVD, depending on your needs, click
Install
to continue or click
Finish
to complete the
installation.
Installing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 operating system
This topic provides instructions on how to install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 operating system (32-bit
or 64-bit).
To install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 operating system (32-bit or 64-bit), do the following:
Notes:
• Ensure that you have prepared all the required items before installing an operating system. See “Before
installing an operating system” on page 1.
• Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic.
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
2. When the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installation welcome window opens, type
linux dd
after
boot:
,
and then press Enter.
3. When a dialogue box opens asking you if you have a driver disk, select
Yes
, and then press Enter.
4. When a dialogue box opens asking you if you want to check the installation media, depending on your
needs, select
OK
to do the check or select
Skip
to skip the check.
5. When the RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 installation window opens, click
Next
.
6. Select the language that you want to use during the installation, and then click
Next
.
7. Select the appropriate keyboard for the system, and then click
Next
.
8. When a window opens prompting you to type the installation number, type it or click
Skip
. The
installation number enables the automatic installation of some software programs such as the storage
clustering programs and the virtualization programs. For more information about the installation number
and how to get it, go to http://www.redhat.com/InstNum/. You also can skip this step and manually
install the software programs later.
9. A window opens prompting you to partition your hard disk drive. By default, a partition is already
selected for you to install the operating system. If you want to manually create a partition, select one
of the following:
•
Remove all partitions on selected drives and create default layout
•
Remove Linux partitions on selected drives and create default layout
•
Use free space on selected drives and create default layout
•
Create custom layout
Note:
The following steps are based on the scenario that
Create custom layout
is selected in this step.
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