Installation Overview

Installing Red Hat Linux on a SPARC system is slightly more complex than installing Red Hat Linux/Intel, mostly due to differences in machine architecture. In general, the main steps to a successful installation are:

1. Determine which console commands your SPARC system supports.

2. Determine whether you have sufficient memory to use a RAM disk-based installation.

3. Determine how you will boot the installation program.

4. Determine what installation method you will use.

5. Determine whether you will install Red Hat Linux/SPARC from a serial terminal.

6. Load and run the Red Hat Linux installation program.

The remainder of this chapter looks at each of these steps in more detail.