29.IntheKdumpwindow,selectEnablekdumpifdesired,andthenclickForward.
Note:Kdumpisakernelcrashdumpingmechanism.
30.SetyourtimeanddateintheDateandTimewindow,andthenclickForward.
31.IntheSetUpSoftwareUpdateswindow,makesurethatthenetworkconnectiononyourserverworks,
andthenclickForward.
32.SetyourusernameandpasswordintheCreateUserwindow,andthenclickForward.
33.IntheSoundCardwindow,clickForward.
34.WhentheAdditionalCDswindowopensaskingyouifyouneedtoinstalladditionalsoftwareprograms
fromaCD/DVD,dependingonyourneeds,clickInstalltocontinueorclickFinishtocompletethe
installation.
InstallingaRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.7operatingsystem
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallaRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.7operatingsystem(32-bit
or64-bit).
ToinstallaRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.7operatingsystem(32-bitor64-bit),dothefollowing:
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1
.
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
1.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.WhentheRedHatEnterpriseLinux5installationwelcomewindowopens,typelinuxddafterboot:,
andthenpressEnter.
3.Whenadialogueboxopensaskingyouifyouhaveadriverdisk,selectYes,andthenpressEnter.
4.Whenadialogueboxopensaskingyouifyouwanttochecktheinstallationmedia,dependingonyour
needs,selectOKtodothecheckorselectSkiptoskipthecheck.
5.WhentheREDHATENTERPRISELINUX5installationwindowopens,clickNext.
6.Selectthelanguagethatyouwanttouseduringtheinstallation,andthenclickNext.
7.Selecttheappropriatekeyboardforthesystem,andthenclickNext.
8.Whenawindowopenspromptingyoutotypetheinstallationnumber,typeitorclickSkip.The
installationnumberenablestheautomaticinstallationofsomesoftwareprogramssuchasthestorage
clusteringprogramsandthevirtualizationprograms.Formoreinformationabouttheinstallationnumber
andhowtogetit,gotohttp://www.redhat.com/InstNum/.Youalsocanskipthisstepandmanually
installthesoftwareprogramslater.
9.Awindowopenspromptingyoutopartitionyourharddiskdrive.Bydefault,apartitionisalready
selectedforyoutoinstalltheoperatingsystem.Ifyouwanttomanuallycreateapartition,selectone
ofthefollowing:
•Removeallpartitionsonselecteddrivesandcreatedefaultlayout
•RemoveLinuxpartitionsonselecteddrivesandcreatedefaultlayout
•Usefreespaceonselecteddrivesandcreatedefaultlayout
•Createcustomlayout
Note:ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatCreatecustomlayoutisselectedinthisstep.
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