Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 Operating System Installation Guide - Page 15
Installing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 operating system, Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
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Installing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install a Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 5.6 operating system (32-bit or 64-bit). To install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 operating system (32-bit or 64-bit), do the following: Notes: • Ensure that you have prepared all the required items before installing an operating system. See "Before installing an operating system" on page 1. • Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic. 1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device. Then, start the server from the optical drive. 2. When the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installation welcome window opens, type linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2 noprobe=ata3 noprobe=ata4 after boot:, and then press Enter. Notes: If your server is in one of the following situations, go to step 6. • The SATA configuration on your server is set to IDE or AHCI • The disk array on your server is configured on a RAID card 3. When a dialogue box opens asking you if you have a driver disk, select Yes, and then press Enter. 4. When the Insert Driver Disk dialogue box opens notifying you that your driver disk will be inserted, select OK, and then press Enter. 5. When a dialogue box opens asking you if more driver disks are needed, select No, and then press Enter. 6. When a dialogue box opens asking you if you want to check the hard disk drive, depending on your needs, select OK to do the check and select Skip to skip the check. 7. When the REDHAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 installation window opens, click Next. 8. Select the language that you want to use during the installation, and then click Next. 9. Select the appropriate keyboard for the system, and then click Next. 10. When a window opens prompting you to type the installation number, type it or click Skip. The installation number enables the automatic installation of some software programs such as the storage clustering programs and the virtualization programs. You can obtain the installation number at http://www.redhat.com/InstNum/. You also can skip this step and manually install the software programs later. 11. Select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, and then click Next. 12. By default, a partition is already selected for you to install the operating system. If you want to manually create a partition, select one of the following: • Remove all partitions on selected drives and create default layout • Remove Linux partitions on selected drives and create default layout • Use free space on selected drives and create default layout • Create custom layout 13. The Create custom layout option will be taken as an example in this manual to show how to manually create a partition. After you select Create custom layout, do one of the following: • Manually create a root partition (/) To create a root partition, do the following: a. Click New. 15