Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................i
1. Document Conventions..........................................................................................................i
2. How to Use This Manual .....................................................................................................iii
2.1. We Need Feedback! ..............................................................................................iii
3. Accessibility Solutions ........................................................................................................ iv
1. Steps to Get You Started................................................................................................................. 1
1.1. Where to Find Other Manuals............................................................................................ 1
1.2. Registering Your Product................................................................................................... 1
1.3. iSeries Hardware Preparation for Installation.................................................................... 1
1.4. Do You Have Enough Disk Space?.................................................................................... 2
1.5. Can You Install Using the CD-ROM?................................................................................ 2
1.6. Preparing for a Network Installation.................................................................................. 3
1.6.1. Using ISO Images for NFS Installs .................................................................... 4
1.7. Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation.............................................................................. 4
2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux............................................................................................. 7
2.1. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface........................................................... 7
2.1.1. Booting the iSeries Installation Program ............................................................ 7
2.1.2. Booting the pSeries Installation Program ........................................................... 8
2.1.3. A Note about Virtual Consoles on pSeries ......................................................... 9
2.1.4. Using the iSeries Virtual Consoles ..................................................................... 9
2.2. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface ....................................................... 10
2.2.1. Using the Keyboard to Navigate....................................................................... 11
2.3. Installing from CD-ROM................................................................................................. 12
2.3.1. What If the IDE CD-ROM Was Not Found? .................................................... 12
2.4. Installing from a Hard Drive............................................................................................ 13
2.5. Performing a Network Installation................................................................................... 14
2.6. Installing via NFS ............................................................................................................ 14
2.7. Installing via FTP............................................................................................................. 15
2.8. Installing via HTTP.......................................................................................................... 16
2.9. Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux ............................................................................ 16
2.10. Language Selection........................................................................................................ 17
2.11. Keyboard Configuration................................................................................................. 17
2.12. Mouse Configuration ..................................................................................................... 18
2.13. Disk Partitioning Setup.................................................................................................. 19
2.14. Automatic Partitioning................................................................................................... 20
2.15. Partitioning Your System ............................................................................................... 22
2.15.1. Graphical Display of Hard Drive(s)................................................................ 23
2.15.2.
Disk Druid
’s Buttons ..................................................................................... 24
2.15.3. Partition Fields................................................................................................ 24
2.15.4. Recommended Partitioning Scheme............................................................... 25
2.15.5. Adding Partitions ............................................................................................ 26
2.15.6. Editing Partitions ............................................................................................ 27
2.15.7. Deleting a Partition ......................................................................................... 28
2.16. Network Configuration .................................................................................................. 28
2.17. Firewall Configuration ................................................................................................... 29
2.18. Language Support Selection .......................................................................................... 31
2.19. Time Zone Configuration............................................................................................... 32
2.20. Set Root Password ......................................................................................................... 33
2.21. Package Group Selection ............................................................................................... 35
2.22. Preparing to Install......................................................................................................... 37
2.23. Installing Packages......................................................................................................... 37
2.24. Video Card Configuration.............................................................................................. 37
2.25. X Configuration — Monitor and Customization ........................................................... 38
