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Red Hat Linux 7.3 the Official Red Hat Linux X86 Red Hat Linux 7.3 The Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide Red Hat Linux 7.3: The Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide Copyright © 2002 by Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Inc. 1801 Varsity Drive Raleigh NC 27606-2072 USA Phone: +1 919 754 3700 Phone: 888 733 4281 Fax: +1 919 754 3701 PO Box 13588 Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA rhl-ig-x86(EN)-7.3-HTML-RHI (2002-04-05T13:43-0400) Copyright © 2002 by Red Hat, Inc. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, V1.0 or later (the latest version is presently available at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. 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Moore, Product Documentation Manager — Primary Writer/Maintainer of the Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide; Contributing Writer to the Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide Tammy Fox, Product Documentation Technical Lead — Primary Writer/Maintainer of the Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide; Contributing Writer to the Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide; Writer/Maintainer of custom DocBook stylesheets and scripts Edward C. Bailey, Technical Writer — Contributing Writer to the Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide Johnray Fuller, Technical Writer — Primary Writer/Maintainer of the Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide John Ha, Technical Writer — Contributing Writer to the Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide Table of Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................................ix 1. Document Conventions ...................................................................................................ix 2. How to Use This Manual ................................................................................................xii 2.1. We Need Feedback!...........................................................................................xii 1. Steps to Get You Started ............................................................................................................ 15 1.1. Do You Have the Right Components? ....................................................................... 15 1.1.1. Where to Find Other Manuals...................................................................... 15 1.1.2. Registering Your Product.............................................................................. 16 1.1.3. No Boxed Set? No Problem! ......................................................................... 16 1.2. Is Your Hardware Compatible? .................................................................................. 16 1.3. Do You Have Enough Disk Space?............................................................................. 16 1.3.1. Installation Disk Space Requirements......................................................... 17 1.4. Can You Install Using the CD-ROM?......................................................................... 18 1.4.1. Alternative Boot Methods............................................................................. 18 1.4.2. Making Installation Diskettes ...................................................................... 19 1.5. Which Installation Class is Best For You?.................................................................. 20 1.5.1. Workstation Installations .............................................................................. 21 1.5.2. Server Installations ........................................................................................ 22 1.5.3. Laptop Installations ....................................................................................... 22 1.5.4. Custom Installations...................................................................................... 23 1.5.5. Upgrading Your System................................................................................ 24 2. Hardware Information and System Requirements Tables ................................................. 25 2.1. Learning About Your Hardware with Windows...................................................... 25 2.2. Recording Your System's Hardware .......................................................................... 29 3. Installing Red Hat Linux ........................................................................................................... 31 3.1. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface ................................................. 31 3.1.1. A Note about Virtual Consoles .................................................................... 31 3.2. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface................................................ 32 3.2.1. Using the Keyboard to Navigate ................................................................. 33 3.2.2. Displaying Online Help ................................................................................ 34 3.3. Starting the Installation Program................................................................................ 34 3.3.1. Booting the Installation Program................................................................. 34 3.4. Selecting an Installation Method ................................................................................ 37 3.5. Installing from CD-ROM ............................................................................................. 38 3.5.1. What If the IDE CD-ROM Was Not Found? .............................................. 39 3.6. Installing from a Hard Drive....................................................................................... 39 3.7. Preparing for a Network Installation ......................................................................... 40 3.7.1. Setting Up the Server..................................................................................... 40 3.8. Installing via NFS.......................................................................................................... 42 3.9. Installing via FTP .......................................................................................................... 42 3.10. Installing via HTTP..................................................................................................... 43 3.11. Welcome to Red Hat Linux........................................................................................ 44 3.12. Language Selection ..................................................................................................... 44 3.13. Keyboard Configuration ............................................................................................ 45 3.14. Mouse Configuration.................................................................................................. 46 3.15. Install Options ............................................................................................................. 48 3.16. Disk Partitioning Setup .............................................................................................. 48 3.17. Automatic Partitioning............................................................................................... 49 3.18. Partitioning Your System ........................................................................................... 50 3.18.1. Graphical Display of Hard Drive(s) .......................................................... 51 3.18.2. Disk Druid's Buttons .................................................................................. 51 3.18.3. Partition Fields ............................................................................................. 52 3.18.4. Recommended Partitioning Scheme ......................................................... 52 3.18.5. Adding Partitions......................................................................................... 53 3.18.6. Editing Partitions ......................................................................................... 55 3.18.7. Deleting a Partition.....................................................................................
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