1.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetasthefirststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.WhenthemessagePressanykeyto...isdisplayed,pressanykey.
3.Whenthewelcomewindowisdisplayed,selecttheoptionyouneed.Then,pressEnter.
Note:ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatRedHatEnterpriseLinux6.5isselected
inthisstep.
4.IntheDiscFoundwindow,selectSkip,andthenpressEnter.
5.SelectthelanguagethatyouwanttouseduringtheinstallationprocessandclickNext.
6.SelecttheappropriatekeyboardlayoutforthesystemandclickNext.
7.SelectthetypeofdevicesfortheinstallationandthenclickNext.
Notes:
•ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatBasicStorageDevicesisselectedinthisstep.
•Whenprompted,selecttheoptionyouneed.Thefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatyou
selectFreshinstallationandthenclickNext.
•Ifawarningmessageisdisplayed,clickY es,discardanydata.
8.Typeanameforyourserver.Then,clickNext.
9.Specifyyourtimezonebyselectingthenearestcityinyourtimezone.Then,clickNext.
10.Personalizetheserverbytypingtherootpasswordfortherootuseraccount.Then,clickNext.
Note:Ifamessagepromptsyouthatthepasswordisweak,clickUseAnyway.
11.Selectthetypeofinstallationyouneed,andthenclickNext.
Notes:
•ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatCreateCustomLayoutisselectedinthisstep.
•Ifthe“Belowarethestoragedevices”windowisdisplayed,movetheRAIDorharddiskdrivesfrom
theDataStorageDeviceslisttotheInstallTargetDeviceslist.SelecttheRAIDorharddisk
drivesandthenclickNext.
12.InthePleaseSelectADevicewindow,dooneofthefollowingtocreateapartitionandthenclickNext.
•Manuallycreatearootpartition(/)
Tocreatearootpartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowisdisplayed.
b.SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
c.IntheAddPartitionwindow,selecttheforwardslash(/)fromtheMountPointdrop-downlistbox.
d.Selectext4fromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
e.IntheAllowableDriveswindow,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
f.Typetheamountofspace(inMB)ofthenewpartitionandthenclickOK.
•Manuallycreateabootpartition(/boot)
Tocreateabootpartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowisdisplayed.
b.SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
c.IntheAddPartitionwindow,select/boot(or/boot/efi)fromtheMountPointdrop-downlistbox.
d.Selectext4(orEFISystemPartition)fromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
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