Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Your server supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4. The related topics include:
■
“Overview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation” on page 33
■
“Installing RHEL From Distribution Media” on page 34
■
“Updating RHEL” on page 36
Overview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation
This topic provides instructions for installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux from distribution
media. You can also install RHEL using a PXE installation, as described in
“Conguring a Linux
Server to Support PXE Installation” on page 41.
Note the following conditions:
■
If you are going to install your OS on a disk that is part of a RAID array, you must congure
the RAID array before installing your OS. See your disk management documentation
collection for details.
■
While conguring an operating system for a networked server, you must 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.
Red Hat Installation and Administration Documentation
Before you install RHEL on your server, consult the following Red Hat documentation.
Document Description Where to Find
README le Contains late-breaking
information about system
requirements and system
conguration for your version of
the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
software.
On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD 1,
and online from
http://www.redhat.com/docs/
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