Lenovo ThinkServer TS130 - Page 12

•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstallaRedHatEnterpriseLinux6.2operatingsystem(32-bitor64-bit),dothefollowing:
1.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.WhentheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxinstallationwelcomewindowopens,selectoneofthefollowing
andthenpressEnter.
•Installorupgradeanexistingsystem
•Installsystemwithbasicvideodriver(default)
•Rescueinstalledsystem
•Bootfromlocaldrive
3.WhentheMediaCheckwindowpromptsyoutocheckalltheinstallationmedia,dependingonyour
needs,selectOKtodothecheckorselectSkiptoskipthecheck.Then,pressEnter.
4.WhentheREDHAT(R)ENTERPRISELINUX(R)6installationwindowopens,clickNext.
5.SelectthelanguagethatyouwanttouseduringtheinstallationprocessandclickNext.
6.SelecttheappropriatekeyboardlayoutforthesystemandclickNext.
7.SelectthetypeofdevicesfortheinstallationfromthefollowingandthenclickNext.
•BasicStorageDevices(default)
•SpecializedStorageDevices
8.TypeanameforyourserverintheHostnameeld.Then,clickNext.
9.Specifyyourtimezonebyselectingthenearestcityinyourtimezone.Then,clickNext.
10.Personalizetheserverbytypingtherootpasswordfortherootuseraccount.Then,clickNext.
11.Bydefault,apartitionisalreadyselectedforyoutoinstalltheoperatingsystem.Ifyouwanttomanually
createapartition,selectoneofthefollowingandthenclickNext.
•UseAllSpace
•ReplacingExistingLinuxSystem(s)
•ShrinkCurrentSystem
•UsefreeSpace
•CreateCustomLayout
Note:ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatCreateCustomLayoutisselectedinthisstep.
12.IntheStorageDeviceswindow,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperating
systemandmoveitfromtheDataStorageDevicesareatotheInstallT argetDevicesarea.Then,
clickNext.
13.InthePleaseSelectADevicewindow,dooneofthefollowingtocreateapartitionandthenclickNext.
•Manuallycreatearootpartition(/)
Tocreatearootpartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowopens.
b.SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
c.IntheAddPartitionwindow,select/fromtheMountPointdrop-downlistbox.
d.Selectext4fromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
e.IntheAllowableDriverswindow,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
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