If you chose automatic partitioning and did not select Review, skip ahead to Section 2.9, “Network Configuration”.
If you chose automatic partitioning and selected Review, you can either accept the current partition settings (click Next), or modify the setup using Disk Druid, the manual partitioning tool.
If you chose to partition manually, you must tell the installation program where to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This is done by defining mount points for one or more disk partitions in which Red Hat Enterprise Linux is installed.
Note
If you have not yet planned how to set up your partitions, refer to Appendix C, An Introduction to Disk Partitions and Section 2.8.4, “Recommended Partitioning Scheme”. At a bare minimum, you need an appropriately-sized root (/) partition, a /boot/ partition for non-iSeries systems (iSeries systems do not require a /boot/ partition), PPC PReP boot partition, and a swap partition equal to twice the amount of RAM you have on the system.
For iSeries users:
It is recommended to setup a PReP boot partition, either as your primary or backup boot method. The size range of a PReP boot partition should be between 16 and 32 MB and it needs to be a primary partition marked active.
The partitioning tool used by the installation program is Disk Druid. With the exception of certain esoteric situations, Disk Druid can handle the partitioning requirements for a typical installation.
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The fsck application is used to check the file system for metadata consistency and optionally repair one or more Linux file systems.