11.Bydefault,apartitionalreadyisselectedforyoutoinstalltheoperatingsystem.Ifyouwanttomanually
createapartition,selectoneofthefollowing,andthenclickNext.
•UseAllSpace
•ReplacingExistingLinuxSystem(s)
•ShrinkCurrentSystem
•UsefreeSpace
•CreateCustomLayout
Note:ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatCreatecustomlayoutisselectedinthisstep.
12.Inthedeviceselectionwindow,dothefollowingtocreatearootpartitionandaswappartition,and
thenclickNext.
a.Manuallycreatearootpartition(/)
Tocreatearootpartition,dothefollowing:
1)ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowopens.
2)SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
3)IntheAddPartitionwindow,select/fromtheMountPointdrop-downlistbox.
4)Selectext4fromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
5)IntheAllowableDriverseld,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
6)Typetheamountofspace(inMB)intheSizeeld,andthenclickOK.
b.Manuallycreateaswappartition
Tocreateaswappartition,dothefollowing:
1)ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowopens.
2)SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
3)IntheAddPartitionwindow,selectswapfromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
4)IntheAllowableDriverseld,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
5)Typetheamountofspace(inMB)intheSizeeld,andthenclickOK.
13.WhentheFormatWarningswindowopenspromptingyoutoformattheharddiskdrive,clickFormat.
14.IntheWritingstoragecongurationtodiskwindow,clickWritechangestodisk.
15.WhentheBootloaderoperatingsystemwindowopens,clickNext.
16.ThedefaultinstallationofRedHatEnterpriseLinuxisabasicserverinstallation.Youcancustomize
yourserverbyselectingadifferentsetofsoftwareprogramsfromthesoftwareprogramlistoradding
anyadditionalrepositoriesthatyouwanttouseforinstallingtheselectedsoftwareprograms.Select
CustomizenoworCustomizelater.Then,clickNext.Theoperatingsysteminstallationstarts.
Note:IfyouselectCustomizenow,youcanselectyourdesiredsoftwareinstallationpackagesby
clickingOptionalpackagesinthewindowdisplayed.Then,clickNext.
17.Whenawindowopensnotifyingyouthattheinstallationhascompleted,clickReboottorestartyour
server.
18.Theinstallationcontinuesaftertheserverrestarts.IntheWelcomewindow,clickForward.
19.ClickYes,IagreetotheLicenseAgreement,andthenclickForward.
20.IntheSetUpSoftwareUpdateswindow,selectoneofthefollowingandthenclickForward.
•Yes,I’dliketoregisternow
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