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Installing Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation on an Itanium system is different from installing Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation on an x86 machine. In general, the sequence of steps to a successful installation are the following:
Boot into the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Shell.
If you can not boot from the CD-ROM and the system has an LS-120 or LS-240 drive, make an LS-120 diskette from the boot image file provided with Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation.
Using the EFI Shell and the ELILO boot loader, load and run the kernel, and boot into the Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation installation program.
Before you begin the installation, be aware that you will need certain amounts of free disk space to install Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation.
At minimum, you will need 512 MB of RAM and 1 GB of free hard disk space to install.
You should have 1024 MB of RAM and 4.2 GB or more of free hard disk space on your machine for a full installation.
Depending upon what type of installation you are performing, you may need an LS-120 diskette.