Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Installation Guide for the x86, Itanium™, and AMD64 Architectures

Copyright © 2007 Red Hat, Inc.

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Introduction
1. Document Conventions
2. How to Use This Manual
2.1. We Need Feedback!
3. Accessibility Solutions
1. Itanium System Specific Information
1.1. Itanium System Installation Overview
1.2. Itanium Systems — The EFI Shell
1.2.1. Itanium Systems — EFI Device Names
1.2.2. Itanium Systems — EFI System Partition
2. Steps to Get You Started
2.1. Where to Find Other Manuals
2.2. Do You Have Enough Disk Space?
2.3. Preparing for a Network Installation
2.3.1. Using ISO Images for NFS Installs
2.4. Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation
3. System Requirements Table
4. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4.1. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface
4.1.1. A Note about Virtual Consoles
4.2. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface
4.2.1. Using the Keyboard to Navigate
4.3. Installation Methods
4.3.1. Installing from CD-ROM
4.3.2. Installing from a Hard Drive or DASD
4.3.3. Performing a Network Installation
4.3.4. Installing via NFS
4.3.5. Installing via FTP
4.3.6. Installing via HTTP
4.4. Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4.5. Language Selection
4.6. Disk Partitioning Setup
4.7. Partitioning Your System
4.7.1. Graphical Display of Hard Drive(s)
4.7.2. Disk Druid's Buttons
4.7.3. Partition Fields
4.7.4. Recommended Partitioning Scheme
4.7.5. Editing Partitions
4.8. Network Configuration
4.9. Firewall Configuration
4.10. Language Support Selection
4.11. Time Zone Configuration
4.12. Set Root Password
4.13. Package Group Selection
4.14. Preparing to Install
4.15. Installing Packages
4.16. Installation Complete
4.17. Itanium Systems — Booting Your Machine and Post-Installation Setup
4.17.1. Post-Installation Boot Loader Options
4.17.2. Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automatically
A. Upgrading Your Current System
A.1. Determining Whether to Upgrade or Re-Install
A.2. Upgrading Your System
A.3. Upgrading Packages
A.4. Upgrade Complete
B. Removing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
C. Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
C.1. You are Unable to Boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux
C.1.1. Is Your System Displaying Signal 11 Errors?
C.2. Trouble Beginning the Installation
C.2.1. Is Your Mouse Not Detected?
C.2.2. Problems with Booting into the Graphical Installation
C.3. Trouble During the Installation
C.3.1. No devices found to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Error Message
C.3.2. Saving Traceback Messages Without a Diskette Drive
C.3.3. Trouble with Partition Tables
C.3.4. Other Partitioning Problems for Itanium System Users
C.3.5. Are You Seeing Python Errors?
C.4. Problems After Installation
C.4.1. Booting into a Graphical Environment
C.4.2. Problems with the X Window System (GUI)
C.4.3. Problems with the X Server Crashing and Non-Root Users
C.4.4. Problems When You Try to Log In
C.4.5. Your Printer Does Not Work
C.4.6. Apache-based httpd service/Sendmail Hangs During Startup
D. An Introduction to Disk Partitions
D.1. Hard Disk Basic Concepts
D.1.1. It is Not What You Write, it is How You Write It
D.1.2. Partitions: Turning One Drive Into Many
D.1.3. Partitions within Partitions — An Overview of Extended Partitions
D.1.4. Making Room For Red Hat Enterprise Linux
D.1.5. Partition Naming Scheme
D.1.6. Disk Partitions and Other Operating Systems
D.1.7. Disk Partitions and Mount Points
D.1.8. How Many Partitions?
E. Driver Media
E.1. Why Do I Need Driver Media?
E.1.1. So What Is Driver Media Anyway?
E.1.2. How Do I Obtain Driver Media?
E.1.3. Using a Driver Image During Installation
F. Additional Boot Options
G. Additional Resources about Itanium and Linux
Index