Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 - FOR IBM S-390 AND IBM ESERVER ZSERIES, Installation Manual

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Introduction
Welcome to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide. This guide contains useful
information to assist you during the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0.0. From
fundamental concepts such as installation preparation to the step-by-step installation procedure,
this book will be a valuable resource as you install Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
1. Document Conventions
Certain words in this manual are represented in different fonts, styles, and weights. This
highlighting indicates that the word is part of a specific category. The categories include the
following:
Courier font
Courier font represents
commands
,
file names and paths
, and
prompts
.
When shown as below, it indicates computer output:
Desktop about.html logs paulwesterberg.png
Mail backupfiles mail reports
bold Courier font
Bold Courier font represents text that you are to type, such as:
service jonas start
If you have to run a command as root, the root prompt (
#
) precedes the command:
# gconftool-2
italic Courier font
Italic Courier font represents a variable, such as an installation directory:
install_dir/bin/
bold font
Bold font represents application programs and text found on a graphical interface.
When shown like this: OK , it indicates a button on a graphical application interface.
Additionally, the manual uses different strategies to draw your attention to pieces of information.
In order of how critical the information is to you, these items are marked as follows:
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