Insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux DVD(version5) in your DVD drive and restart your system (This reboot is required in order for your computer to detect bootable DVD). After restart Red Hat
installer should boot as shown in the figure below
1.We must choose the type of installation. In this example we will be
using the graphical mode installation. Hit enter key to start the
installation. On the welcome screen the installation process will
prompt you to check and test your installer. Select OK to test your
media (CD/DVD), otherwise select skip to continue installing Red Hat
Enterprise Linux,shown in the figure below
2. On the Graphical Interface of red hat installation, click on the next button
3. Select your language and click next
4. You will be asked to enter your installation number if you have
enter it, otherwise skip entering installation number and click OK.
5. After installation number you will see the hard disk partitioning
section. Select the Use free space on selected drive and click next. If
you select create custom layout option , then you must create the
mandatory mount point as given below
/ = 6-7 GB / called as root partition.
/tmp = 400-600 MB
/boot= 200 MB
Swap= 2*RAM Size
6. Click Next and in the Next screen, in the network devices window set
the host name to automatically via DHCP and click next
7. Select your region or location on the next window; you can click on the map for your location
8. Enter the Root password on the next window, Root is the administrator account for
Linux operating systems.
9. The next steps will be on the selection of additional packages to be installed
on your Enterprise Linux Operating System. Preferably select all the Packages.
10. After selecting these additional packages, installation of the
operating system and these additional packages will begin, wait for
the system to finish the installation.
11. The next screen you will see configuration of firewall Select
enabled and select the services you need to pass through the
firewall. You can also add TCP and UDP ports, otherwise select
disabled and click forward
12. On the SE Linux window, select the Enforcing option and click
forward, otherwise select disable and click forward
13. On the next window uncheck the enable KDump option and click
forward. Set the date and time in the Date and Time Window. In the
software update set up, select yes if you want to connect to the Red
Hat website for updates(this step is optional), otherwise Select no if
you do not want to connect or plan to connect at a later time
14. Create you preferred username and password in the Create User
window then click forward. You can test your sound card in the
next window. After that you will be asked to insert additional CD’s to
install. Since we don’t have any additional CD click the finish button.
Your Linux Enterprise 5 operating system is ready to use. You just
need to login to the system and start using Linux Enterprise 5
operating system.
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