Document Description Where to Find
Release Notes Contains late-breaking
information about system
requirements and system
conguration for your version of
the Oracle Enterprise Linux
software.
Online from http://oss.oracle.com/
el5/docs/
Oracle Enterprise Linux
Installation Guide
An online article with step-by-step
instructions for installing Oracle
Enterprise Linux.
Available for download from
http://www.oracle-base.com/
articles/linux/
OracleEnterpriseLinux5Installation.php
Also see:
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“How to Download OEL Media” on page 18
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“How to Install OEL From Distribution Media” on page 18
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How to Download OEL Media
Go to the Oracle e–delivery site:
http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux
Create an account (if you do not already have one).
You need an account to download the updated ISO images.
Find and download Oracle Enterprise Linux.
Proceed to
“How to Install OEL From Distribution Media” on page 18.
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How to Install OEL From Distribution Media
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If necessary, congure your console display and erase your boot hard drive. See
“Preliminary Tasks Before Installing an OS” on page 13 for details.
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While conguring an operating system for a networked server, it is necessary to provide the
logical names (assigned by the OS) and the physical name (MAC address) of each network
interface. See
“Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS
Conguration” on page 57 for details.
Congure the server and boot it from the distribution media, as described in
“Booting From OS
Distribution Media”on page 37
.
The server boots from the distribution media.
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Installing OEL from Distribution Media
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