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2. Requirement psgml emacs emacs nox emacs Unresolved Dependencies Many software packages depend on other packages or libraries in order to work correctly To make sure your system has all the packages it needs in order to work Red Hat Linux checks these package dependencies each time you install or remove a package If one package requires another package that has not been installed unresolved dependencies exist One or more packages you have selected have unresolved dependencies You can resolve this by selecting Jnstail Packages to Satisfy Dependencies You can also choose not to install any Install packages to satisfy dependencies packages listed with dependencies or to ignore the dependencies C Do not install packages that have dependencies C Ignore package dependencies thd Total install size 1 015M Hide Help Release Notes lt Back gt Next A 6 Upgrading Packages At this point there is nothing left for you to do until all the packages have been upgraded or installed see Figure A 5 Installing Packages 84 Appendix A Upgrading Your Current System Figure A 5 Installing Packages Red Hat Linux Online Help Installing Packages Package ncurses 5 2 12 Size 9 836 KBytes x Summary A CRT screen handling and optimization package Installing Packages gt Fr i kaai We have gathered althe Package Progress information needed to install Red Total Progress Hat Linux on y
3. Appendix C Getting Technical Support If you created a new customer profile once you activate your product you will see a webpage that shows your registered products There is also a button Access Web Support on this page that will take you to the support website Update your contact information if necessary Note If your email address is not correct communications regarding your tech nical support requests CANNOT be delivered to you and you will not be able to retrieve your login and password by email Be sure that you give us your correct email address If you are worried about your privacy please see Red Hat s privacy statement at http www red hat com legal privacy_statement html Add a product to your profile Please enter the following information e The Product ID for your boxed set product e The Support Certificate Number or Entitlement Number if the product is a contract Set your customer preferences Answer the optional customer questionnaire Submit the form If the previous steps were completed successfully you can now login at http www redhat com sup port and open a new technical service request However you must still use your Product ID in order to obtain technical support via telephone if the product you purchased came with phone support You will also be asked for your login name when contacting the technical support team via telephone C 5 Questions for Technical Support Technical support
4. SMB Server Indicates which SMB server your workstation will connect to for authentica tion SMB Workgroup Indicates which workgroup the configured SMB servers are in 3 18 Package Group Selection After your partitions have been selected and configured for formatting you are ready to select pack ages for installation Note Unless you choose a custom installation the installation program will auto matically choose most packages for you However you must select either GNOME or KDE or both to install a graphical environment 54 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux GNOME and KDE are both graphical desktop environments that handle the overall look and feel of your system You must choose one of these to have a default graphical setup but you can also install both to determine for yourself which you prefer You can select components which group packages together according to function for example C Development Networked Workstation or Web Server individual packages or a combination of the two To select a component click on the checkbox beside it see Figure 3 16 Package Group Selection Figure 3 16 Package Group Selection Red Hat Linux Online Help Package Group Selection R i gt Printing Support Selecting Package Groups Iz Classic X Window System Select the package application groups that you want to install To select a package group click on a C X Window System the check box b
5. Section 4 6 Installing over a Network 4 6 1 Setting Up the Server Because the Red Hat Linux 7 2 installation program is capable of installing Red Hat Linux from mul tiple CD ROMs if you intend to support NFS FTP or HTTP installations you must copy the RedHat directory from each CD ROM comprising Red Hat Linux 7 2 onto a disk drive e Insert CD ROM 1 and execute the following commands mount mnt cdrom cp var mnt cdrom RedHat location of disk space Where location of disk space is a directory you create such as export 7 2 umount mnt cdrom e Insert CD ROM 2 and execute the following commands mount mnt cdrom cp var mnt cdrom RedHat location of disk space Where location of disk space is a directory you create such as export 7 2 umount mnt cdrom e Next make location of disk space accessible to the installation program for exam ple exporting it for NFS installations Export location of disk space If you are not sure how to do this refer to the Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide and the Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide for more information 4 6 2 NFS Setup The NFS dialog Figure 44 NFS Setup Dialog applies only if you are installing from an NFS server if you selected NFS Image in the Installation Method dialog 75 76 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode Figure 4 4 NFS Setup Dialog Welcome to Red Hat Linux NFS Setup Please enter the f
6. cece cece ee ee ence ees 67 71 cross reference table 72 online help ceeeeeeeee eee ees 72 user interface cece ce ee eee eee 69 Uperading os eves Le ees 19 workstation cc cece cece eee eee eee 16 installation class CHOOSING 5 23 Siac a ak sagas aks Sew age Seeds 15 installation OVErVieW 0ce cece ee eee 21 installing packages 53 K keyboard configuration cece eee eee 28 navigating the installation program USING sais soy aes EEE 71 keymap Index selecting type of keyboard 28 L language SElECHNE a os enuke ewer di es ob neies 27 support for multiple languages 46 M MANUAIS vic esse ess ep sagen E eg ch pageeoeeg ee 13 mount points partitions and eee ee eee eee eee 117 mouse CONFIQUTING Saine ee eee eee eee 29 not detected isrener oeren E Ria 93 Selecting asien e ee OEE oes 29 N network configuration 2 cece eeeeee ee eee ee 42 information cece eee eee eee 68 installations PEP dh Sole eel E yk os 76 HTE caesar tse e eaeepe ken 78 network install ccc cee cece ee eee eee 74 NFS installation cece eee eee eee 75 O online help hidi eeni a ae 31 text mode installation 72 P packages STOUPS ainen S ET EEE EO E 53 S lectiN gis oi ane ee a a kes 53 individual sessist enseign ereet e niau ties 55 Installing sisii aiora er
7. pi Which model mouse is attached to the computer Mouse 2 ALPS GlidePoint PS 2 aj Configuration gt ASCII ATI Bus Mouse Choose the correct mouse type for V Generic your system 2 Button Mouse P5 2 2 Button Mouse USB Do you have a PS 2 Bus or serial 2 Button Mouse serial mouse Hint If the connector 3 Button Mouse Ps your mouse plugs into is round it is 3 Button Mouse U a PS 2 or a Bus mouse if 3 Button Mouse serial rectangular itis a serial mouse gt Genius b gt Kensington Try to find an exact match If an D Logitech exact match cannot be found b MM choose one which is compatible gt Microsoft with yours Otherwise choose the Mouse Systems Mouse serial appropriate Generic mouse type None None 4 Sun Mouse xi If you have a serial mouse pick the l Port device and port itis connected to in the next box under DOS nder DO 3 under DOS S nder DO In Red Hat Linux the graphical environment X Window System is designed to make use of a three button mouse If you have a Hide Help Release Notes If you have a PS 2 or a bus mouse you do not need to pick a port and device If you have a serial mouse you should choose the correct port and device that your serial mouse is on zi Emulate 3 Buttons The Emulate 3 Buttons checkbox allows you to use a two button mouse as if it had three buttons In general the X Window System is easier to use with a three button m
8. so the installation program cannot write information and fails If you experience such an error first try to download any available errata for Anaconda Errata can be found at http www redhat com support errata You can also search for bug reports related to this problem To search Red Hat s bug tracking system go to http bugzilla redhat com bugzilla Finally if you are still facing problems related to this error register your product and contact our support team To register your product go to http www redhat com apps activate D 4 Problems After Installation D 4 1 Problems with Server Installations and X If you performed a server installation and you are having trouble getting X to start you may not have installed the X Window System during your installation If you want the X Window System you can perform an upgrade to install X During the upgrade select the X Window System packages and choose GNOME KDE or both Alternatively you can install the XFree86 RPMs For more information refer to http www red hat com support docs howto XFree86 upgrade XFree86 upgrade html D 4 2 Problems When You Try to Log In If you did not create a user account during the installation you will need to log in as root and use the password you assigned to root If you cannot remember your user account password you must become root To become root type su and enter your root password when prompted Then type passwd lt usernam
9. An Introduction to Disk Partitions 1 4 Which Installation Class is Best For You Usually Red Hat Linux is installed on its own disk partition or set of partitions or over another instal lation of Linux 16 Chapter 1 Steps to Get You Started WARNING D Installing Red Hat Linux over another installation of Linux including Red Hat Linux does not preserve any information files or data from a prior installation Make sure you save any important files To preserve the current data on your existing system you should back up your data and or consider performing an upgrade instead Red Hat Linux provides four different classes or types of installations Workstation A workstation installation is most appropriate if you are new to the world of Linux and would like to give it a try A workstation installation will create a system for your home or desktop use A graphical Windows like environment will be installed Server A server installation is most appropriate for you if you would like your system to function as a Linux based server and you do not want to heavily customize your system configuration Custom A custom installation allows you the greatest flexibility during your installation You choose your boot loader which packages you want and more Custom installations are most appropri ate for those users more familiar with Red Hat Linux installations and for those afraid of losing complete flexibility
10. 1 021M Select all in group Unselect all in group Emacs 11 includes the Emacs text editor program for use with the X Window System it provides support for the mouse and other GUI elements Emacs X11 will also run Emacs outside of X but it has a larger memory footprint than the non X Emacs package emacs nox Install emacs X11 if you re going to use Emacs with the X Window System You should also install emacs X11 if you re going to run Emacs both with and without X it will work fine both ways You ll also need to install the emacs package in order to run Emacs Show Help Release Notes lt Back gt Next A 5 1 Unresolved Dependencies If any package requires another package which you have not selected to install the program presents a list of these unresolved dependencies and gives you the opportunity to resolve them see Figure A 4 Unresolved Dependencies Section A 6 Upgrading Packages 83 The Unresolved Dependencies screen appears only if you are missing packages that are needed by your customized package selection At the bottom of the screen under the list of missing packages an Install packages to satisfy dependencies checkbox is selected by default If you leave this checked the installation program will resolve package dependencies automatically by adding all required pack ages to the list of selected packages Figure A 4 Unresolved Dependencies Red Hat Linux Online Help Unresolved Dependencies a
11. 4 6 Installing over a Network Figure 4 5 FTP Setup Dialog Welcome to Red Hat Linux FIP Setup Please enter the following information o the name or IP number of your FTP server o the directory on that server containing Red Hat Linux for your architecure FIP site namez a Red Hat directory TUM Viageecsmct ice cns Use non ano ous ftp lt Tab gt lt Alt Tab gt between elements lt Space gt selects lt F12 next screen Enter the name or IP address of the FTP site you are installing from and the name of the directory containing the RedHat installation files for your architecture For example if the FTP site contains the directory mirrors redhat ia64 RedHat enter mirrors redhat ia64 If everything has been specified properly a message box appears indicating that base hdlist is being retrieved Next you will see the Welcome dialog See Table 4 1 Installation Cross reference Table for more information 4 6 4 HTTP Setup The HTTP dialog Figure 4 6 HTTP Setup Dialog applies only if you are installing from an HTTP server if you selected HTTP in the Installation Method dialog This dialog prompts you for infor mation about the HTTP server from which you are installing Red Hat Linux 77 78 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode Figure 4 6 HTTP Setup Dialog Welcome to Red Hat Linux HTTP Setup Please enter the following information o the name or IP number of your web server o the directory on th
12. 7 2 is Disk Druid With the exception of certain esoteric situations Disk Druid can handle the partitioning requirements for a typical Red Hat Linux installa tion 3 10 1 Graphical Display of Hard Drive s Disk Druid offers a graphical representation of your hard drive s Using your mouse click once to highlight a particular field in the graphical display Double click to edit an existing partition or to create a partition out of existing free space 36 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux Above the display you will see the drive name such as dev hda the geom which shows the hard disk s geometry and consists of three numbers representing the number of cylinders heads and sectors as reported by the hard disk and the model of the hard drive as detected by the installation program 3 10 2 Disk Druid s Buttons These buttons control Disk Druid s actions They are used to add and delete partitions and to change partition attributes Buttons on this screen are also used to accept the changes you have made or to exit Disk Druid For further explanation take a look at each button in order New Used to request a new partition When selected a dialog box appears containing fields such as mount point and size that must be filled in Edit Used to modify attributes of the partition currently selected in the Partitions section Se lecting Edit opens a dialog box Some or all of the fields can be edited depending on whether
13. Den oR ow NS To view the results of this system poll type the following command at the EFI Shell prompt Shell gt map The output is listed in the order the system was probed So all FAT16 filesystems are listed first then IDE hard drives then SCSI hard drives then IDE CD ROM drives and finally SCSI CD ROM drives For example output of the map command might look like the following Device mapping table fsO VenHw Unknown Device 00 HD Part1 Sig00000000 Esl VenHw Unknown Device 80 HD Part1 Sig00000000 fs2 VenHw Unknown Device Fs a alk E b1kO VenHw Unknown Device 00 blk1 VenHw Unknown Device 00 u part ig00000000 blk2 VenHw Unknown Device 80 b1k3 VenHw Unknown Device ic eee TT rT blk4 VenHw Unknown Device 80 HD Part2 Sig00000000 b1k5 VenHw Unknown Device 80 HD Part3 Sig00000000 blk6 VenHw Unknown Device 80 HD Part3 Sig00000000 HD Part1 Sig725F7772 b1lk7 VenHw Unknown Device FF b1k8 VenHw Unknown Device N blk9 VenHw Unknown Device FF CDROM Entry1 HD Part1 Sig00000000 In this example there is an LS 120 diskette in the LS 120 drive as well as a CD ROM in the CD ROM drive All the listings beginning with fs are FAT16 file systems that EFI can read All the listings beginning with b1k are block devices that EFI recognizes Both the filesystems and block devices are Section 2 2 The EFI Shell 23 listed in the order they are probed
14. Inc website http www redhat com Many Linux related books are available If you are new to Linux a book that covers Linux basics will be invaluable We can recommend several titles The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide Using Linux by Bill Ball Linux Clearly Explained by Bryan Pfaffenberger Linux for Dummies by Jon maddog Hall and Learning Red Hat Linux by Bill McCarty Red Hat also offers various incident based support plans to assist with configuration issues and tasks that are not covered by installation assistance Please see the Red Hat Support website for more infor mation The Red Hat technical support website is located at the following URL http www redhat com support C 3 Scope of Red Hat Support Red Hat Inc can only provide installation assistance to customers who have purchased an Official Red Hat Linux boxed set and or an official Red Hat OEM partner kit If you have obtained Linux from any other company you must contact that company for support Other companies include e Macmillan e Sams Que e Linux Systems Labs LSL Section C 4 How to Get Technical Support e Mandrake e CheapBytes Additionally Red Hat Linux obtained via any of the following methods does not qualify for support from Red Hat e Red Hat Linux PowerTools Archive e Downloaded via FTP on the Internet e Included in a package such as Motif or Applixware e Copied or installed from another user s CD e A CD ROM or C
15. Language Screen Section 3 3 Language Selection Keyboard Screen Section 3 4 Keyboard Configuration Layout Installation Method Section 3 2 Selecting an Installation Method Identify Disk Partition to Install From Section 4 5 Identify Disk Partition to Install From Installing over a Network Section 4 6 Installing over a Network Mouse Selection Section 3 5 Mouse Configuration Welcome Screen Section 3 6 Welcome to Red Hat Linux Installation Type Section 3 7 Install Options Disk Partitioning Setup Section 3 8 Disk Partitioning Setup Automatic Partitioning Section 3 9 Automatic Partitioning Disk Druid Section 3 10 Partitioning Your System fdisk Section 3 11 Partitioning with fdisk Hostname Configuration Section 3 12 Network Configuration Section 4 5 Identify Disk Partition to Install From Text Mode Screen Firewall Configuration Text Mode Reference Point Section 3 13 Firewall Configuration Network Configuration Section 3 12 Network Configuration Language Support and Default Language Section 3 14 Language Support Selection Time Zone Selection Section 3 15 Time Zone Configuration Root Password Section 3 16 Account Configuration Add User User Account Setup Section 3 16 Account Configuration Authentication Configuration Package Installation Group Individual Dependencies Section 3 17 Authentication Configuration Section 3 18 Pack
16. Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation SSH and Secure Shell are trademarks of SSH Communications Security Inc FireWire is a trademark of Apple Computer Corporation S 390 and zSeries are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners Printed in Canada Ireland and Japan Contents Red Hat Linux 7 2 Introd ction osc iets s te eee atten or vii Document CONVENTIONS se serci n anani ak aa n aa EEEa a a oi vii Howto Use Fhis Manual serens eet e ipa Enn aa n aea RANTE EEANN NE RAA X Chapter 1 Steps to Get You Started 000000000 13 1 1 Do You Have the Right Red Hat Linux Components 000e 13 1 2 Is Your Hardware Compatible 2 00 ccccceeeeeee ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaees 14 1 3 Do You Have Enough Disk Space ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaees 14 1 4 Which Installation Class is Best For You 0 seceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 15 Chapter 2 Before You Begin the Installation Process 21 2 1 Installation Overview 2 0 cccecccee cece eee eect eee eee eee aeeeeeaeeetaaee eee 21 2 2 The ER Shell tices seecy erie eal a beau a fe eal bd aes Sas Sree 21 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux 0000000 ee 25 3 1 The Installation Program User Interface 0 0 cece eee ee eee e
17. Server choosing everything no graphical interface 1 3 GB l For example you can telnet out to other systems but other systems cannot telnet in to your system 17 18 Chapter 1 Steps to Get You Started e Server choosing everything GNOME and KDE 2 0 GB If you plan to choose all group packages as well as select additional individual packages you may want to allow yourself 2 0 GB or more of disk space This will provide space where additional data may be written What a Server Installation Will Do During the server installation the X Window System is not configured and no GUI will be loaded when the system boots unless you choose to install the appropriate packages during package selection e A 100 MB partition mounted as boot efi and formatted as type vfat in which the Linux kernel ELILO configuration files and other related files are kept e The size of the swap partition is determined by the amount of RAM in your system and the amount of space available on your hard drive For example if you have 128 MB of RAM then the swap partition created can be 128 MB 256 MB twice your RAM depending on how much disk space is available e A partition of at least 1400 MB mounted as usr e A partition of at least 512 MB mounted as home e A 256 MB partition mounted as var e A partition of at least 384 MB mounted as in which all other files are stored the exact size of this partition is dependent on your avail
18. command Sometimes a command contains words that would be displayed in a different style on their own e g filenames In these cases they are considered to be part of the command so the entire phrase will be displayed as a command For example Use the cat testfile command to view the contents of a file named test file in the current working directory filename Filenames directory names paths and RPM package names are represented this way This style should indicate that a particular file or directory exists by that name on your Red Hat Linux system Examples The bashrc file in your home directory contains bash shell definitions and aliases for your own use The etc fstab file contains information about different system devices and filesystems The usr share doc directory contains documentation for various programs Install the webalizer RPM if you want to use a Web server log file analysis program viii Introduction application key This style should indicate to you that the program named is an end user application as opposed to system software For example Use Netscape Navigator to browse the Web A key on the keyboard is shown in this style For example To use Tab completion type in a character and then press the Tab key Your terminal will display the list of files in the directory that start with that letter key combination A combination of keystrokes is represented in this way For exa
19. configuring your monitor 3 23 2 Custom Configuration Choose the correct color depth and resolution for your X configuration Click Test Setting to try out this configuration If you do not like what you see during the test click No to choose another resolution Note If you need to exit out of the X test use the Ctrl Alt Backspace key com bination Also note that this will not work in some test cases We recommend that you test your configuration to make sure the resolution and color settings are usable If you installed both GNOME and KDE you can choose which one to use as your default desktop environment If you installed one or the other it will only show GNOME or KDE as the desktop default Figure 3 23 X Customization Red Hat Linux Online Help Customize Graphics Configuration a Custom X Configuration Choose the correct color depth and resolution for your X configuration Click Test Setting to try out this configuration If you do not like what you are presented with while testing click No to choose another resolution Color Depth Screen Resolution Color Depth is the number of High Color 16 Bi z 1024x768 x distinct colors that can be Test Setting represented by a piece of hardware or software cal eae Screen Resolution is the the Your desktop environment is number of dots pixels on the a entire screen GNOME KA If you installed both GNOME and KDE you can choose w
20. e Unpartitioned free space is available e An unused partition is available e Free space in an actively used partition is available Let s look at each scenario in order Note Please keep in mind that the following illustrations are simplified in the in terest of clarity and do not reflect the exact partition layout that you will encounter when actually installing Red Hat Linux Using Unpartitioned Free Space In this situation the partitions already defined do not span the entire hard disk leaving unallocated space that is not part of any defined partition Figure E 8 Disk Drive with Unpartitioned Free Space shows what this might look like Section E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts 109 Figure E 8 Disk Drive with Unpartitioned Free Space Before After If you think about it an unused hard disk also falls into this category The only difference is that all the space is not part of any defined partition In any case you can simply create the necessary partitions from the unused space Unfortunately this scenario although very simple is not very likely unless you have just purchased a new disk just for Red Hat Linux Most pre installed operating systems are configured to take up all available space on a disk drive see Using Free Space from an Active Partition in Section E 1 4 Let s move on to a slightly more common situation Using Space from an Unused Partition In this case maybe you have one or more partitio
21. eee ened 25 3 2 Selecting an Installation Method 00 cee ccee eens e eee ee eee eee ee eee 26 3 3 Language Selection ccce cece e eee eee ee eee eee ee eee e eee ennaees 27 3 4 Keyboard Configuration 20 00 ccceee cece eee e eee eee ee naeeeenaeeeeneaes 28 3 5 Mouse Configuration 0600 cece e eee eect tease eee ee eee eeeeeenneees 29 3 6 Welcome to Red Hat Linux 20 cece cece ee eect eee eee eee ene naa 31 3 7 Install OpulonsS setter eos pen ets ee bedd Lede neues E decenewee 31 3 8 Disk Partitioning Setup 0 0 cece ccc ee cence eee eee ee eeaeeeeeaeeeeaaaees 32 3 9 Automatic Partitioning ce cece cece eee nee een SATENA 33 3 10 Partitioning Your SysteM ccceee cece e eee eee eee eaee ee eaeeeeeeaes 34 3 11 Partitioning With Tdisks 2 4 52 iiewsddecdssstedadseanes demend gees TEERAA aS 40 3 12 Network Configuration cceeeee cece eee eee eee ee eee eaee ee eaeee enna 42 3 13 Firewall Configuration 0ccc cece ee cece ee eee eee ee ee ease ee eaeee enna 43 3 14 Language Support Selection 2 0 cccee cece cece ee eee eee eaeeeeeeaes 46 3 15 Time Zone Configuration ccc cee cece e cece eee eee eee eee eaeee enna 47 3 16 Account Configuration 0 ccc eee eee eee eee eee eee ease ee AAEE 49 3 17 Authentication Configuration c cece eect e eee eee eee etna 51 3 18 Package Group S
22. have before the installation process is initiated This includes the following e Hardware compatibility questions e Basic hard drive partitioning strategies Red Hat Inc Support can also provide assistance during the installation process 88 Appendix C Getting Technical Support e Getting supported hardware recognized by the Red Hat Linux operating system e Assistance with drive partitioning We can also help you with basic post installation tasks such as e Successfully configuring the X Window System using Xconfigurator e Configuring a local parallel port printer to print text e Configuring a mouse Our installation assistance service is designed to get Red Hat Linux running on your system as quickly and as easily as possible However there are many other things that you may want to do with your Red Hat Linux system from compiling a custom kernel to setting up a Web server which are not covered For assistance with these tasks there is a wealth of online information available in the form of HOWTO documents Linux related websites and commercial publications The various Linux HOWTO docu ments are included with Red Hat Linux on the Documentation CD in the HOWTOS directory These HOWTOS are provided in text files that can easily be read from within Red Hat Linux and other op erating systems A large number of Linux related websites are available The best starting point for finding information on Red Hat Linux is the Red Hat
23. have not yet planned how you will set up your partitions refer to Ap pendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions At a bare minimum you will need a boot efi partition of approximately 100 MB and of type vfat a swap partition of at least 512 MB and an appropriately sized root parti tion Figure 3 7 Partitioning with Disk Druid Red Hat Linux Online Help Disk Setup ay Partitions Choose where you would like Red z 5 y Hat Linux to be installed Drive dev hda Geom 1244 255 63 Model Maxtor 51024H2 8722 MB hdat If you do not know how to partition your system please read the section on partitioning in the Red Hat Linux Installation Guide If you used automatic partitioning you can either accept the current New Delete Reset Make RAID partition settings click Next or modify the setup using Disk Druid Device Start End Size MB Type Mount Point Format the manual partitioning tool dev hdat 1 65 510 vfat bootefi Yes fdew hda2 66 1177 8723 ext3 Yes fdev hda3 1178 1244 526 swap Yes If you just finished partitioning with fdisk you must define mount points for your partitions Use the Edit button once you have chosen a partition to define its mount point Ifyou are manually partitioning your system using Disk Druid you will see your current hard drive s and partitions displayed SRE ART Hide Help Release Notes The partitioning tool used in Red Hat Linux
24. is both a science and a mystical art form In most cases support technicians must rely on customer observations and communications with the customer in order to diagnose and solve the problem Therefore it is extremely important that you are as detailed and clear as possible when you state your questions and report your problems Examples of what you should include are Section C 5 Questions for Technical Support Note Refer to the service level agreement at http www redhat com support sla for more information on how Red Hat s technical support staff can assist you e Symptoms of the problem for example Linux is not able to access my CD ROM drive When it tries I get timeout errors e When the problem began for example My system was working fine until yesterday when a lightning storm hit my area e Any changes you made to your system for example I added a new hard drive and used Partition Wizzo to add Linux partitions e Other information that may be relevant to your situation such as the installation method CD ROM NFS HTTP e Specific hardware devices that may be relevant to your problem for example If you cannot setup networking what kind of network card do you have C 5 1 How to Send Support Questions Please login at http www redhat com support and open a new service request or call the phone number for support If your product came with phone support or you have purchased a phone support c
25. mounted as in which all other files are stored the exact size of this partition is dependent on your available disk space 1 4 4 Upgrading Your System Upgrading Red Hat Linux will not delete any existing data The installation program updates the modular kernel and all currently installed software packages See Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux and Appendix A Upgrading Your Current System for those instructions 20 Chapter 1 Steps to Get You Started Section 2 2 The EFI Shell 2 Before You Begin the Installation Process 2 1 Installation Overview Installing Red Hat Linux on an Itanium system is different from installing Red Hat Linux on an x86 or Alpha machine In general the sequence of steps to a successful installation are the following 1 Boot into the Extensible Firmware Interface EFI Shell 2 Ifyou can t boot from the CD ROM make an LS 120 diskette from the boot image file provided with Red Hat Linux 3 Using the EFI Shell and the ELILO bootloader load and run the kernel and boot into the Red Hat Linux installation program 2 1 1 Disk Space Requirements Before you begin the installation be aware that you I need certain amounts of free disk space to install Red Hat Linux e At minimum you ll need 512 MB of RAM and GB of free hard disk space to install Red Hat Linux e You should have 1024 MB of RAM and 4 GB or more of free hard disk space on your machine for a full installation of Red Hat L
26. organization can be merged into one LDAP directory For more information Section 3 18 Package Group Selection 53 about LDAP refer to Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide Lightweight Directory Access Pro tocol LDAP You can choose from the following options LDAP Server allows you to access a specified server by providing an IP address running the LDAP protocol LDAP Base DN allows you to look up user information by its Distinguished Name DN Use TLS Transport Layer Security lookups this option allows LDAP to send encrypted user names and passwords to an LDAP server before authentication e Enable Kerberos Kerberos is a secure system for providing network authentication services For more information about Kerberos see Using Kerberos 5 on Red Hat Linux in the Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide There are three options to choose from here Realm this option allows you to access a network that uses Kerberos composed of one or a few servers also known as KDCs and a potentially large number of clients KDC this option allows you access to the Key Distribution Center KDC a machine that issues Kerberos tickets sometimes called a Ticket Granting Server or TGS Admin Server this option allows you to access a server running kadmind e Enable SMB Authentication Sets up PAM to use an SMB server to authenticate users You must supply two pieces of information here
27. prepare for a Red Hat Linux installation This section also discusses the partition naming scheme used by Linux systems sharing disk space with other operating systems and related topics E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts Hard disks perform a very simple function they store data and reliably retrieve it on command When discussing issues such as disk partitioning it is important to know a bit about the underlying hardware Unfortunately it is easy to become bogged down in details Therefore we will use a simpli fied diagram of a disk drive to help explain what is really happening when a disk drive is partitioned Figure E 1 An Unused Disk Drive shows a brand new unused disk drive 100 Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions Figure E 1 An Unused Disk Drive Not much to look at is it But if we are talking about disk drives on a basic level it will do Say that we would like to store some data on this drive As things stand now it will not work There is something we need to do first E 1 1 It is Not What You Write it is How You Write It Experienced computer users probably got this one on the first try We need to format the drive For matting usually known as making a filesystem writes information to the drive creating order out of the empty space in an unformatted drive 101 Section E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts Figure E 2 Disk Drive with a Filesystem As Figure E 2 Disk Drive with a Filesystem implies
28. system Therefore no installation support is available for fips Use it at your own risk 116 Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions That said if you decide to repartition your hard drive with fips it is vital that you do two things e Perform a backup Make two copies of all the important data on your computer These copies should be to removable media such as tape or diskettes and you should make sure they are read able before proceeding e Read the documentation Completely read the fips documentation located in the dosu tils fipsdocs subdirectory on Red Hat Linux Itanium CD 1 Should you decide to use fips be aware that after fips runs you will be left with two partitions the one you resized and the one fips created out of the newly freed space If your goal is to use that space to install Red Hat Linux you should delete the newly created partition either by using fdisk under your current operating system or while setting up partitions during a custom installation E 1 5 Partition Naming Scheme Linux refers to disk partitions using a combination of letters and numbers which may be confusing particularly if you are used to the C drive way of referring to hard disks and their partitions In the DOS Windows world partitions are named using the following method e Each partition s type is checked to determine if it can be read by DOS Windows e Ifthe partition s type is compatible it is as
29. the order imposed by a filesystem involves some trade offs e A small percentage of the drive s available space is used to store filesystem related data and can be considered as overhead e A filesystem splits the pears space into small consistently sized segments For Linux these segments are known as blocks Given that filesystems make things like directories and files possible these tradeoffs are usually seen as a small price to pay It is also worth noting that there is no single universal filesystem As Figure E 3 Disk Drive with a Different Filesystem shows a disk drive may have one of many different filesystems written on it As you might guess different filesystems tend to be incompatible that is an operating system that supports one filesystem or a handful of related filesystem types may not support another This last statement is not a hard and fast rule however For example Red Hat Linux supports a wide variety l Blocks really are consistently sized unlike our illustrations Keep in mind also that an average disk drive contains thousands of blocks But for the purposes of this discussion please ignore these minor discrepancies 102 Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions of filesystems including many commonly used by other operating systems making data interchange between different filesystems easy Figure E 3 Disk Drive with a Different Filesystem Of course writing a filesystem to disk is only the
30. these cases you can only interact with the window on top When you are finished in that window it will disappear allowing you to continue working in the window underneath Text Input text input lines are regions where you can enter information required by the instal lation program When the cursor rests on a text input line you may enter and or edit information on that line Checkbox checkboxes allow you to select or deselect a feature The box displays either an asterisk selected or a space unselected When the cursor is within a checkbox press Space to select an unselected feature or to deselect a selected feature Text widget text widgets are regions of the screen for the display of text At times text widgets may also contain other widgets such as checkboxes If a text widget contains more information than can be displayed in the space reserved for it a scroll bar appears if you position the cursor within the text widget you can then use the Up and Down arrow keys to scroll through all the information available Your current position is shown on the scroll bar by a character which moves up and down the scroll bar as you scroll Section 4 3 Starting the Installation Program 71 e Button widget button widgets are the primary method of interacting with the installation pro gram You progress through the windows of the installation program by navigating these buttons using the Tab and Enter keys Butt
31. 39 DULONS siani senken aanp Segoe 36 deleting partitions 0 006 40 editing partitions 0 008 40 PartIbIONS oreste ir ebides 34 disk partitioning cece eee 32 GISK Spa En riavieckenseeasleh shed leas eer taes 14 disk space requirements 15 21 CUSTOM 5 03 n vita aE a mites seins ace get 18 SOLVED chev ess biteni neiesten subni 17 workstation 0 cece eee eee e ees 16 documentation other manuals 0c eee 13 E editing partitions ceee eee 40 EFI system partition eee 23 EFI Shelli ci occscvsecse os setvin ious cgveses 21 ELILO AULODOOLEs cvsstediae eevee e E A nei ies 65 post installation boot setup 64 extended partitions 004 107 F TAISK EEE E E AEA 40 120 filesystem formats overview Of 6 0005 100 filesystem migration upgrading your filesystem 80 filesystem types 0ee eee 39 80 fips partitioning utility 115 FTP installation eee ceee ee eeee eee ee eee 76 H hard disk basic concepts cece ee eee e ee eee 99 extended partitions 2e000 107 filesystem formats 045 100 partition introduction 103 Partition types eee 105 partitioning Of eee 99 hard drive install 0 0 ce c
32. 54 multiple Ethemet devices each Bondet isz16601 device will have its own configuration screen You can switch between device screens for example eth0 and eth1 the Hostname sparky redhat com information you give will be Gateway 192 168 0 1 specific to each screen If you x A EPETIFYITT select Activate on boot your Primary DNS 207 175 42 153 network card will be started when Secondary DNS you boot Ternary DNS If you do not have DHCP client access or are unsure as to what this information is please contact your Network Administrator Next enter where applicable the IP Address Netmask Network and Broadcast addresses If you are menre ahmnt anv nf these Ri Hide Help Release Notes Section 3 13 Firewall Configuration 43 Note Do not use the numbers as seen in this sample configuration These values will not work for your own network configuration If you are not sure what values to enter contact your network administrator for assistance If you have a fully qualified domain name for the network device enter it in the Hostname field Tip Even if your computer is not part of a network you can enter a hostname for your system If you do not take this opportunity to enter in a name your system will be known as localhost Finally enter the Gateway and Primary DNS and if applicable the Secondary DNS and Ternary DNS addresses 3 13 Firewall Configuration Red Hat Linu
33. 7 NEC MultiSync KV17 2 capabilities of your equipment you can cause damage to your display Only enter numbers in these fields NEC PK DH172 if the values in your manual do not NEC Ready Monitor match selections in the monitor list NEC VistaScan 7000 x and you are certain you have the E correct values from your Horizontal Syne 31 0 65 0 kHz documentation j Vertical Sync 55 0 120 0 Hz Restore original values Hide Help Release Notes gt Next If your monitor does not appear on the list select the most appropriate Generic model available If you do select a Generic monitor Xconfigurator will suggest horizontal and vertical sync ranges These values are generally available in the documentation which accompanies your monitor or from your monitor s vendor or manufacturer please check your documentation to make sure these values are set correctly Do not select a monitor similar to your monitor unless you are certain that the monitor you are selecting does not exceed the capabilities of your monitor Doing so may overclock your monitor and damage or destroy it lt Back The horizontal and vertical ranges that Xconfigurator suggests for your monitor are also displayed on this screen If you decide that the values you have selected are incorrect you can click the Restore original values button to return to the suggested settings Section 3 23 X Configuration 63 Click Next when you have finished
34. 9 A 3 Upgrading Your Filesystem 0 00 cece cece eee eee eect eter eee eaaaaees 80 A 4 Customizing Your Upgrade 2c cece cee eect eee eee eee ee teeee eens 81 A 5 Selecting Packages to Upgrade ccceeecceee eee ee ee eeeeeeeeeeeeees 81 A 6 Upgrading Package soss rrrrra troa ENAA AAI r anA EE EEIE ERAI 83 A 7 Upgrade Complete 2 0 cee eee eee ee eee e eee ne eee eeeeennaaees 84 Appendix B Additional Resources about Itanium and Linux 85 Appendix C Getting Technical Support 0000 000000000 87 C 1 Remember to Sign Up ccceeeceeee ee eee ee eeeeeeeeaeeeeeaaeeeeaaaees 87 C 2 An Overview of Red Hat Support 0 cecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee tenes 87 C 3 Scope of Red Hat Support 2 00 eceee cence eee ee eee eaee ee eaeee enna 88 C 4 How to Get Technical Support 2 00 cecee ee eeeee eects eeeaeeeeaaaees 89 C 5 Questions for Technical Support 0 cc cece eee e eee ee eee eeee enna 90 Appendix D Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat ESI 3 sectarian damiedie a haus e Adah adiea ns 93 D 1 You are Unable to Boot Red Hat Linux 2 00 cece ence eee eee anes 93 D 2 Trouble Beginning the Installation cc cceeee eee ee eee ee ee eens 93 D 3 Trouble During the Installation cee cece ee eee eee e eee eeaaaees 94 D 4 Problems After Installation 0 c cece eee eee eee tenet
35. D ROM set included in a Linux book or other publication C 4 How to Get Technical Support In order to receive technical support for your Official Red Hat product you must register your product on Red Hat s website Every Official Red Hat product comes with a Product Identification code a 16 character alphanumeric string The Product ID for Red Hat Linux 7 2 is located on the Registration Information Card that can be found inside the box Your Product ID is included in your boxed set and you should keep it in a safe place You need this code so do not lose the card Note Do not throw away the card with your Product ID You need the Product ID to get technical support If you lose the certificate you may not be able to receive support The Product ID is the code that will enable your technical support and any other benefits or services that you purchased from Red Hat depending upon which Red Hat product you purchased C 4 1 Signing up for Technical Support To sign up for technical support you will need to 1 Create a customer profile at http www redhat com apps activate You may have already com pleted this step if you have continue to the next step If you do not already have a customer profile on the Red Hat website please create a new one 2 Using the login name and password you created during the customer profile please log in at the Red Hat Support website at http www redhat com support 90 5 6 7
36. LBA Syrinx c7 105 106 Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions Partition Type Value Partition Type Value Venix 80286 CP M Novell DOS access Microport DOS R O GNU HURD DOS secondary Novell Netware 286 BBT By this point you might be wondering how all this additional complexity is normally used See Figure E 6 Disk Drive With Single Partition for an example Figure E 6 Disk Drive With Single Partition In many cases there is only a single partition spanning the entire disk essentially duplicating the method used before partitions The partition table has only one entry used and it points to the start of the partition We have labeled this partition as being of the DOS type Although it is only one of several possible partition types listed in Table E 1 Partition Types it is adequate for the purposes of this discussion Section E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts This is a typical partition layout for most newly purchased computers with a consumer version of Microsoft Windows preinstalled E 1 3 Partitions within Partitions An Overview of Extended Partitions Of course over time it became obvious that four partitions would not be enough As disk drives continued to grow it became more and more likely that a person could configure four reasonably sized partitions and still have disk space left over There needed to be some way of creating more partitions Enter the extended partition As y
37. Red Hat Linux 7 2 The Official Red Hat Linux Itanium Installation Guide ISBN N A Red Hat Inc 2600 Meridian Parkway Durham NC 27713 USA 1 919 547 0012 Voice 1 919 547 0024 FAX 888 733 4281 Voice P O Box 13588 Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA 2001 Red Hat Inc rhl ig itanium EN 7 2 Print RHI 2001 10 24T 18 41 0400 Copyright 2001 by Red Hat Inc This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and con ditions 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 per mission of the copyright holder Distribution of the work or derivative of the work in any standard paper book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder Red Hat Red Hat Network the Red Hat Shadow Man logo RPM Maximum RPM the RPM logo Linux Library PowerTools Linux Undercover RHmember RHmember More Rough Cuts Rawhide and all Red Hat based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Motif and UNIX are registered trademarks of The Open Group Itanium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Netscape is a registered trademark of
38. SH is a suite of tools for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine If you plan to use SSH tools to access your machine through a firewall enable this option You need to have the openssh server package installed in order to access your machine remotely using SSH tools Telnet Telnet is a protocol for logging into remote machines Telnet communications are un encrypted and provide no security from network snooping Allowing incoming Telnet access is not recommended If you do want to allow inbound Telnet access you will need to install the telnet server package WWW HTTP The HTTP protocol is used by Apache and by other Web servers to serve Web pages If you plan on making your Web server publicly available enable this option This option is not required for viewing pages locally or for developing Web pages You will need to install the apache package if you want to serve Web pages Mail SMTP If you want to allow incoming mail delivery through your firewall so that remote hosts can connect directly to your machine to deliver mail enable this option You do not need to enable this if you collect your mail from your ISP s server using POP3 or IMAP or if you use a tool such as fetchmail Note that an improperly configured SMTP server can allow remote machines to use your server to send spam FTP The FTP protocol is used to transfer files between machines on a network If you plan on making your FTP server
39. Therefore fs0 is the system partition on the LS 120 fs1 is the system partition on the hard drive and fs2 is the system partition on the CD ROM For additional information on how to determine which devices EFI recognizes visit this website http developer intel com software idap tech video efi efi_shell_3 htm 2 2 2 EFI System Partition When partitioning your hard drive for Linux you must create a system partition that is FAT16 vfat formatted and has a mount point of boot efi This partition will contain the installed Linux ker nel s as well as the elilo configuration file elilo conf The elilo conf file contains a list of kernels from which you can boot your system 2 2 3 Booting the Installation Program Your Itanium system will probably be able to boot the Red Hat Linux installation program directly from the Red Hat Linux CD 1 If your Itanium cannot boot the installation program from the CD ROM or if you want to perform a hard drive NFS image FTP or HTTP installation you ll need to boot from a diskette See Booting the Installation Program from an LS 120 Diskette in Section 2 2 3 for more information on booting from a diskette Booting the Installation Program from the CD ROM To boot from Red Hat Linux CD 1 follow these steps 1 Remove all media except Red Hat Linux CD 1 2 From the Boot Option menu choose EFI Shell 3 Atthe Shell gt prompt change to the filesystem on the CD ROM For example in the above s
40. Upgrade If you already have a version of Red Hat Linux running on your system and you want to quickly update to the latest packages and kernel version then an upgrade is most appropriate for you These classes give you the option of simplifying the installation process with some potential for loss of configuration flexibility or retaining flexibility with a slightly more complex installation process Next take a detailed look at each class so you can see which one is right for you 1 4 1 Workstation Installations Most suitable for new users the workstation installation will install your choice of the GNOME or KDE desktop environments or both and the X Window System the graphical environment Below are the minimum recommended disk space requirements for a workstation installation where only one language such as English will be installed Section 1 4 Which Installation Class is Best For You e Workstation choosing GNOME or KDE 1 5 GB e Workstation choosing both GNOME and KDE and games 1 8 GB If you plan to choose all group packages for example GNOME is a group of packages as well as select additional individual packages you may want to allow yourself 1 8 GB or more of disk space If you provide this extra space you will have room for additional data if needed Note Unlike workstation installations previous to Red Hat Linux 7 0 performing a Red Hat Linux 7 2 workstation installation will not install the network d
41. a language will be the language used English Denmark on your Red Hat Linux system English Great Britain once installation is complete If you English Hang Kong choose to install other languages it English Ireland is possible to change the default English New Zealand language after the installation English Philippines English Singapore Red Hat Linux can alternately English South Africa install and support several English USA languages To use more than one English Zimbabwe Estonian Faroese Faroe Islands Finnish French Belgium French Canada French France French Luxemburg French Switzerland Galician Spain German Austria language on your system choose specific languages to be installed or select all languages to have all available languages installed on your Red Hat Linux system Use the Reset button to cancel your selections zi German Belgium xj Hide Help Release Notes If you are only going to use one language on your system selecting only that language will save significant disk space The default language is the language you selected to use during the installation However if you select only one language you will only be able to use that specified language after the Red Hat Linux installation is complete To use more than one language on your system choose specific languages to be installed
42. able disk space This disk partitioning scheme results in a reasonably flexible filesystem configuration for most server tasks 1 4 3 Custom Installations The custom installation allows you the most flexibility during your installation The workstation and server installations automatically go through the installation process for you and omit certain steps During a custom installation you have complete control over the packages that will be installed on your system The recommended disk space requirements for a custom installation are as follows e Custom minimum 1 1 GB e Custom choosing everything 3 4 GB What a Custom Installation Will Do As you might guess from the name a custom installation puts the emphasis on flexibility You have complete control over which packages will be installed on your system Section 1 4 Which Installation Class is Best For You 19 If you choose automatic partitioning a custom installation will create the following partitions e A 100 MB partition mounted as boot efi and formatted as vfat in which the Linux kernel ELILO configuration files and other related files reside e The size of the swap partition is determined by the amount of RAM in your system and the amount of space available on your hard drive For example if you have 128 MB of RAM then the swap partition created can be 128 MB 256 MB twice your RAM depending on how much disk space is available e A root partition
43. acs nox 3 V gedit 1 Emulators hexedit 1 Engineering jed 1 GFile jed common 3 Giinternet jed xjed A Multimedia joe 1 Productivity nedit 1 4 Publishing nyi m17n 2 Gasystem nvi m1 7n canna 1 Text nvi m17n nocanna 1 gt Development psgml 1 Documentation quanta 14 gt System Environment zji cami 1 ba Total install size 1 021M Select all in group Unselect all in group Emacs 11 includes the Emacs text editor program for use with the X Window System it provides support for the mouse and other GUI elements Emacs X11 will also run Emacs outside of X but it has a larger memory footprint than the non X Emacs package emacs nox Install emacs X11 if you re going to use Emacs with the X Window System You should also install emacs X11 if you re going to run Emacs both with and without X it will work fine both ways You ll also need to install the emacs package in order to run Emacs Show Help Release Notes lt Back gt Next You can choose to view the individual packages in tree view or flat view Tree view allows you to see the packages grouped by application type Flat view allows you to see all of the packages in an alphabetical listing on the right of the screen Using Tree view you see a listing of package groups When you expand this list and pick one gr
44. ae mon xinetd inet services When xinetd is not installed you will have a more secure installation However in bound network related services such as finger telnet talk and FTP will not work If you require these types of services please go back and choose a server or a custom installation What a Workstation Installation Will Do If you choose automatic partitioning a workstation installation will create the following partitions e A 100 MB partition mounted as boot efi and formatted as type vfat in which the Linux kernel the ELILO configuration files and other related files reside e The size of the swap partition is determined by the amount of RAM in your system and the amount of space available on your hard drive For example if you have 128 MB of RAM then the swap partition created can be 128 MB 256 MB twice your RAM depending on how much disk space is available e A root partition mounted as in which all other files are stored the exact size of this partition is dependent on your available disk space 1 4 2 Server Installations A server installation is most appropriate for you if you would like your system to function as a Linux based server and you do not want to heavily customize your system configuration Below are the minimum recommended disk space requirements for a server installation where only one language such as English will be installed e Server minimum no graphical interface 1 GB e
45. age Group Selection Video Card Configuration Section 3 23 X Configuration Package Installation Section 3 20 Preparing to Install and Section 3 21 Installing Packages Monitor Configuration Section 3 23 1 Configuring Your Monitor Custom X Configuration Section 3 23 2 Custom Configuration Installation Complete Section 3 24 Installation Complete 4 5 Identify Disk Partition to Install From Note Hard drive installations only work from ext2 ext3 or FAT filesystems If you have a filesystem other than those listed here such as reiserfs you will not be able to perform a hard drive installation Hard drive installations require the use of the ISO or CD ROM images rather than copying an entire installation tree After placing the required ISO images the binary Red Hat Linux CD ROMs in a directory choose to install from the hard drive You will then point the installation program at that directory to perform the installation Verifying that the ISO images are intact before you attempt an installation will help to avoid problems that are often encountered during a hard drive installation To verify the ISO images are intact prior 73 74 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode to performing an installation use an md5sum program many md5sum programs are available for various operating systems An md5sum program should be available on the same server as the ISO images The Sele
46. allation program you must choose how to use the space on hard drives want to have automatic partitioning Remove all Linux Partitions on this system C Remove all partitions on this system C Keep all partitions and use existing free space Which drive s do you want to use for this installation Z Review allows you to see and change the automatic partitioning results Automatic partitioning allows you to have some control concerning what data is removed if any from your system Your options are Remove all Linux partitions on this system select this option to remove only Linux partitions partitions created from a previous Linux installation This will not remove other partitions you may have on your hard drive s Remove all partitions on this system select this option to remove all partitions on your hard drive s this includes partitions created by other operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT 2000 33 34 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux If you select this option all data on the selected hard drive s will be removed by the installation program Do not select this option if you have information that you want to keep on the hard drive s where you are installing Red Hat Linux e Keep all partitions and use existing free space select this option to retain your current data and partitions assuming you have enough free space available on your hard drive s Using your mouse
47. also be performed in GUI mode FTP Section 3 3 Language Selection If you are installing directly from an FTP server use this method You will need a network boot disk Refer to Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode for FTP installation instructions HTTP If you are installing directly from an HTTP Web server use this method You will need a network boot disk Refer to Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode for HTTP in stallation instructions 3 3 Language Selection Using your mouse select the language you would prefer to use for the installation and as the system default see Figure 3 1 Language Selection Selecting the appropriate language will also help target your time zone configuration later in the in stallation The installation program will try to define the appropriate time zone based on what you specify on this screen Once you select the appropriate language click Next to continue Figure 3 1 Language Selection Red Hat Linux Online Help Language Selection Q What language would you like to use during the installation rocess Language Selection x Choose the language you would like to use during this Red Hat Linux installation Czech Danish English Icelandic Italian Ukrainian Hide Help Release Notes 27 28 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux 3 4 Keyboard Configuration Choose the keyboard model that best fits your system see Figure 3 2 Key
48. ample map output the system partition on the CD ROM is fs1 To change to the fs1 filesystem you would type fs1 at the prompt 4 Type elilo linux to boot into the installation program 5 Go to Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux to begin the installation Booting the Installation Program from an LS 120 Diskette If your Itanium will not boot from Red Hat Linux CD 1 you will need to boot from an LS 120 diskette If you want to perform a hard drive NFS image FTP or HTTP installation you ll need to boot from boot LS 120 diskette Chapter 2 Before You Begin the Installation Process You will need to create an LS 120 boot image file diskette from the boot image file on CD 1 im ages boot img To create this diskette in Linux insert a blank LS 120 diskette and type the following command at a shell prompt dd if boot img of dev hda bs 180k Replace boot img with the full path to the boot image file and dev hda with the correct device name for the LS 120 diskette drive If you aren t using the Red Hat Linux CD the installation program will start in text mode You will need to choose a few basic options for your system and then you will need to select which installation method you would like to use See Section 3 18 Package Group Selection for more information on the different installation methods If you are using the CD ROM to load the installation program follow the instructions contained in Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat L
49. anual xi Tip Refer to the Red Hat Frequently Asked Questions for answers to questions and problems that may occur before during or after the installation You will find the FAQ online at http www redhat com support docs faqs rhl_general_faq We Need Feedback If you spot a typo in the Official Red Hat Linux Itanium Installation Guide or if you have thought of a way to make this manual better we would love to hear from you Please submit a report in Bugzilla http www redhat com bugzilla against the component rhl ig itanium Be sure to mention the manual s identifier rhl ig itanium EN 7 2 Print RHI 2001 10 24T18 41 0400 That way we will know exactly which version of the guide you have If you have a suggestion for improving the documentation try to be as specific as possible when de scribing it If you have found an error please include the section number and some of the surrounding text so we can find it easily If you have a support question for example if you need help configuring X or if you are not sure how to partition your hard drive s please register your product at http www redhat com apps activate and use the online support system for those type of requests xii Introduction Section 1 1 Do You Have the Right Red Hat Linux Components 1 Steps to Get You Started Before you install Red Hat Linux you will need to perform the following steps 1 1 Do You Have the Right Red Hat Linu
50. ary For your own sake make two backups use verification if available in your backup software and try to read data from your backup before you delete the partition Section E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts 111 If there was an operating system of some type installed on that parti tion it will need to be reinstalled as well Be aware that some com puters sold with pre installed operating systems may not include the CD ROM media to reinstall the original operating system The best time to notice if this applies to your system is before you destroy your original partition and its operating system installation After creating a smaller partition for your existing software you can reinstall any software restore your data and continue your Red Hat Linux installation Figure E 10 Disk Drive Being Destructively Repartitioned shows this being done Figure E 10 Disk Drive Being Destructively Repartitioned 112 Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions As Figure E 10 Disk Drive Being Destructively Repartitioned shows any data present in the original partition will be lost without proper backup Non Destructive Repartitioning Here you run a program that does the seemingly impossible it makes a big partition smaller without losing any of the files stored in that partition Many people have found this method to be reliable and trouble free What software should you use to perform this feat There are several disk management
51. at server containing Red Hat Linux for your architecure Web site name redhat com Red Hat directory SMLI E ARSi reece lt Tab gt lt Alt Tab gt between elements lt Space gt selects lt F12 next screen Enter the name or IP address of the HTTP site you are installing from and the name of the directory there containing the RedHat installation files for your architecture For example if the HTTP site contains the directory mirrors redhat ia64 RedHat enter mirrors redhat ia64 If everything has been specified properly a message box appears indicating that base hdlist is being retrieved Next you will see the Welcome dialog See Table 4 1 Installation Cross reference Table for more information Section A 2 Upgrading Your System 79 A Upgrading Your Current System This appendix walks you through a typical Red Hat Linux 7 2 upgrade A 1 What it Means to Upgrade The installation process for Red Hat Linux 7 2 includes the ability to upgrade from prior versions of Red Hat Linux version 3 0 3 and later which are based on RPM technology Upgrading your system installs the modular 2 4 x kernel as well as updated versions of the packages which are currently installed on your system The upgrade process preserves existing configuration files by renaming them with an rpmsave extension for example sendmail cf rpmsave The upgrade process also creates a log of its actions in tmp upgrade log As software evolves configura
52. beginning The goal of this process is to actually store and retrieve data Let us take a look at our drive after some files have been written to it Section E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts Figure E 4 Disk Drive with Data Written to It As Figure E 4 Disk Drive with Data Written to It shows 14 of the previously empty blocks are now holding data However by simply looking at this picture we cannot determine exactly how many files reside on this drive There may be as few as one or as many as 14 files as all files use at least one block and some files use multiple blocks Another important point to note is that the used blocks do not have to form a contiguous region used and unused blocks may be interspersed This is known as fragmentation Fragmentation can play a part when attempting to resize an existing partition As with most computer related technologies disk drives changed over time after their introduction In particular they got bigger Not larger in physical size but bigger in their capacity to store information And this additional capacity drove a fundamental change in the way disk drives were used E 1 2 Partitions Turning One Drive Into Many As disk drive capacities soared some people began to wonder if having all of that formatted space in one big chunk was such a great idea This line of thinking was driven by several issues some philo sophical some technical On the philosophical side above a certain size it seemed that
53. board Configuration If you cannot find an exact match choose the best Generic match for your keyboard type for example Generic 101 key PC Next choose the correct layout type for your keyboard for example U S English Creating special characters with multiple keystrokes such as and is done using dead keys also known as compose key sequences Dead keys are enabled by default If you do not wish to use them select Disable dead keys To test your keyboard configuration use the blank text field at the bottom of the screen to enter text Once you have made the appropriate selections click Next to continue Figure 3 2 Keyboard Configuration Red Hat Linux Online Help Keyboard Configuration GI Which model keyboard is attached to the computer Keyboard Configuration Choose your exact keyboard model if itis listed If you cannot find an exact match choose the closest Generic match for Model Generic 101 key PC Generic 102 key Intl PC Generic 104 key PC Generic 105 key Intl PC Genius Comfy KB 16M HP Internet example Generic 101 key PC IBM Rapid Access X Hint A 101 key keyboard is a Layout generic keyboard A 104 key or Swiss German aj 105 key keyboard is a keyboard Thai designed to work with MS Turkish Windows 95 and features keys such as Home End Page Up and U S English wf deadkeys Page Down U S English w 1509995 3 BE Ukrainian zi Choose the layo
54. can be found in Section 1 4 Which Installation Class is Best For You Index Index A adding partitions cce eee 37 filesystem type isss cires erei riasain 39 authentication configuration sesesierirerererereeee 51 Kerberos seis stsdvccas cay ea ar eA 51 EDAP r een Se ee ees Bae eed 51 MD5 passwords sesoses 51 NIS operie steed cia et prese UE eS 51 shadow passwords 0055 51 AULODOO tasson eoc n a eebes 71 jai A E O E E EE 65 automatic partitioning 32 33 B boot diskette creating from boot image file 23 PROGE SEs E T E 37 HOO Imgarr hi nenin enne EEES 24 bootable CD ROM eeeeeeee eee 71 booting from a CD ROM ec ceee eens 23 installation program from a CD ROM 0 eee eee 23 from an LS 120 diskette 23 C CD ROM D otable nonna anaE 71 class installation ec eeee ee ee ee eenen 31 COCK E E E E awa ee 47 configuration ClOCK syen e ek RR 47 hardware ssssss ve shone aa 68 NEIWOLK oi eer en ei ereua 42 time ZONE AH A Ae ies 47 VIDEO spc cassis ae EEES pi vise dose ages acd ee 68 consoles virtual cece eee eee 25 D deleting partitions e eee 40 dependencies installing packages 00055 56 upgrading packages 00055 82 Disk Druid adding partitions 000 37 filesystem type eee
55. cates text displayed by the computer on the command line You will see responses to commands you typed in error messages and interactive prompts for your input during scripts or programs shown this way For example Use the 1s to display the contents of a directory ls Desktop axhome logs paulwesterberg gif Mail backupfiles mail reports The output returned in response to the command in this case the contents of the directory is shown in this style prompt A prompt which is a computer s way of signifying that it is ready for you to input something will be shown in this style Examples stephen maturin stephen leopard login user input Text that the user has to type either on the command line or into a text box on a GUI screen is displayed in this style In the following example text is displayed in this style To boot your system into the text based installation program you will need to type in the text command at the boot prompt Another example with the word root displayed as something the user needs to type in If you need to log in as root when you first log into your system and you are using the graphical login screen at the Login prompt type root At the Password prompt type in the root password Additionally we use several different strategies to draw your attention to certain pieces of information In order of how critical the information is to your system these items will be marked as a not
56. choose the hard drive s on which you want Red Hat Linux to be installed If you have two or more hard drives you can choose which hard drive s should contain this installation Unselected hard drives and any data on them will not be touched To review and make any necessary changes to the partitions created by automatic partitioning select the Review option After selecting Review and clicking Next to move forward you will see the partitions created for you in Disk Druid You will also be able to make modifications to these partitions if they do not meet your needs Click Next once you have made your selections to proceed 3 10 Partitioning Your System If you chose automatic partitioning and did not select Review please skip ahead to Section 3 12 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 Manually partition with fdisk please skip ahead to Section 3 11 Partitioning with fdisk At this point you must tell the installation program where to install Red Hat Linux This is done by defining mount points for one or more disk partitions in which Red Hat Linux will be installed You may also need to create and or delete partitions at this time refer to Figure 3 7 Partitioning with Disk Druid Section 3 10 Partitioning Your System 35 Note If you
57. ct Partition screen Figure 4 3 Selecting Partition Dialog for Hard Drive Installation ap plies only if you are installing from a disk partition that is if you selected Hard Drive in the Installa tion Method dialog This dialog allows you to name the disk partition and directory from which you are installing Red Hat Linux Enter the device name of the partition containing the Red Hat ISO images There is also a field labeled Directory holding images If the ISO images are not in the root directory of that partition enter the path to the ISO images for example if the ISO images are in test new RedHat you would enter test new After you have identified the disk partition you will next see the Welcome dialog See Table 4 1 Installation Cross reference Table for more information Figure 4 3 Selecting Partition Dialog for Hard Drive Installation Welcome to Red Hat Linux Select Partition What partition and directory on that partition hold the CD iso9660 images for Red Hat Linux If you don t see the disk drive you re using listed here press F2 to configure additional devices dev hda dev hdad Directory holding images lt Tab gt lt Alt Tab gt between elements lt Space gt selects lt F12 next screen 4 6 Installing over a Network If you are performing a network installation the Configure TCP IP dialog appears for an explanation of this dialog go to Section 3 12 Network Configuration and then return here
58. d you will notice that both MDS and shadow are selected Using both will make your system as secure as possible a Enable MDS Passwords allows along password to be used up to 256 characters a Use Shadow Passwords provides a very secure method of retaining passwords for you a Enable NIS allows youto xi Hide Help Release Notes e Enable MD5 passwords allows a long password to be used up to 256 characters instead of the standard eight letters or less e Enable shadow passwords provides a secure method for retaining passwords The passwords are stored in etc shadow which can only be read by root e Enable NIS allows you to run a group of computers in the same Network Information Service domain with a common password and group file You can choose from the following two options NIS Domain allows you to specify the domain or group of computers your system belongs to Use broadcast to find NIS server allows you to broadcast a message to your local area network to find an available NIS server NIS Server causes your computer to use a specific NIS server rather than broadcasting a message to the local area network asking for any available server to host your system e Enable LDAP tells your computer to use LDAP for some or all authentication LDAP consol idates certain types of information within your organization For example all of the different lists of users within your
59. does no security checking Security checking is the disabling of access to certain services This should only be selected if you are running on a trusted network not the Internet or plan to do more firewall configuration later Choose Customize to add trusted devices or to allow additional incoming services Trusted Devices Selecting any of the Trusted Devices allows access to your system for all traffic from that device it is excluded from the firewall rules For example if you are running a local network but are connected to the Internet via a PPP dialup you can check ethO and any traffic coming from your local network will be allowed Selecting ethO as trusted means all traffic over the Ethernet is allowed put the ppp0 interface is still firewalled If you want to restrict traffic on an interface leave it unchecked It is not recommended that you make any device that is connected to public networks such as the Internet a Trusted Device Allow Incoming Enabling these options allow the specified services to pass through the firewall Note during a workstation installation the majority of these services are not installed on the system DHCP If you allow incoming DHCP queries and replies you allow any network interface that uses DHCP to determine its IP address DHCP is normally enabled If DHCP is not enabled your computer can no longer get an IP address 45 46 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux SSH Secure SHell S
60. e a caution or a warning For example Introduction Note Remember that Linux is case sensitive In other words a rose is not a ROSE is not a rOsE Do not do routine tasks as root use a regular user account unless you need to use the root account to administer your system WARNING D If you choose not to partition manually a server installation will remove all existing partitions on all installed hard drives Do not choose this installation class unless you are sure you have no data you need to save How to Use This Manual This manual focuses on a CD ROM based installation so it is ideal for users both new and old who want a quick and simple installation solution It will help you prepare your system walk you through the installation and assist you in the configuration of Red Hat Linux Note If you currently use Red Hat Linux 3 0 3 or greater you can perform an upgrade Skim Chapter 1 Steps to Get You Started to review the basics then read Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux following the directions as you go Once you have chosen to perform an upgrade in the installation program refer to Appendix A Upgrading Your Current System If you are an experienced user who wants to perform a Red Hat Linux CD ROM installation and you do not need a review of the basics you can skip ahead to Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux to begin the installation process Section 0 2 How to Use This M
61. e gt This allows you to enter a new password for the specified user account Section D 4 Problems After Installation If you selected either the custom or workstation installation and do not see the graphical login screen check your hardware for compatibility issues The Hardware Compatibility List can be found at http hardware redhat com D 4 3 Does Netscape Navigator Crash on JavaScript Pages If Netscape Navigator continuously crashes on pages that contain JavaScripts you may need to edit your mailcap file Edit the file using pico by typing pico mailcap at the prompt in a terminal window You may use any text editor Remove the following lines from the file application x javascript x mozilla flags save You can also turn off JavaScript within Netscape Navigator itself Click on Edit gt Preferences gt Advanced and make sure the Enable JavaScript checkbox is not selected If these do not help you can also try to use a newer version of Netscape Navigator if available Check the Red Hat Linux errata website under security advisories for more information D 4 4 Your Printer Will Not Work Under X If you are not sure how to set up your printer or are having trouble getting it to work properly try using the graphical printconf program Log in as root open a terminal window and type printconf gui D 4 5 Problems with Sound Configuration If you do not have sound after your installation you may need to run the so
62. e quite large in size checking for bad blocks may take a long time the length of time depends on the size of your hard drive If you choose to check for bad blocks you can monitor your progress on virtual console 6 Ok Select Ok once you are satisfied with the settings and wish to create the partition Cancel Select Cancel if you do not want to create the partition Filesystem Types Red Hat Linux 7 2 allows you to create different types of partition types based on the filesystem they will use The following is a brief description of the different filesystems available and how they can be utilized ext2 An ext2 filesystem supports standard Unix file types regular files directories symbolic links etc It provides the ability to assign long file names up to 255 characters Versions prior to Red Hat Linux 7 2 used ext2 filesystems by default ext3 The ext3 filesystem is based on the ext2 filesystem and has one main advantage jour naling Using a journaling filesystem reduces time spent recovering a filesystem after a crash as there is no need to fsck the filesystem l The fsck application is used to check and optionally repair one or more Linux filesystems 39 40 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux e software RAID Creating two or more software RAID partitions allow you to create a RAID device For more information regarding RAID refer to the chapter RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks in the Officia
63. ece eee eee 73 hardware compatibility cece eee eee es 14 configuration c cee cece eee eee 68 hostname configuration 43 HTTP Installation ccc eeee ee eeee ee eee eee 78 l ia64 See Itanium information HWRE essen eA RU 68 pre installation e eee eee 67 installation booting without diskette 71 CHOOSING seroma eeso geoi nasak 15 f E E ec eeetess 31 CUSTOM oaae oe aa a RE 18 diskispaces a e ecko eiae 14 BER ae na E L E RE 76 getting Red Hat Linux 13 GUI Index CD ROM bcc ik ged bids cb eE 25 harddrive sicsisedscesaxanebis cence ee 73 HPRP e s see apa on acolecs active he treats 78 Itanium OVErVieW cece eee eee eee 21 keyboard navigation 2045 71 method CD ROM 0 ccc cece cece eee eneees 26 PSL Ps onsa a e casei tee oot 27 hard drive seans a an E EEN EA 26 HEEP aaa ae e hsa 27 NFS image oeeo sueo tiise 26 selecting issis t e enpi n 26 NECWOLK isc csc ost edied gene niur usetn rieri 74 IED me EEE E E 75 NFS server information 76 NO boxed set ee i cece cece cece RAX 14 Partitioning eee 34 program text mode user interface 69 user interface c ccc eee cece eee 25 virtual consoles cccee eee eee 25 registering your product 14 SOLVED ES 3 ociedes case honed dw reeeo anrik 17 text mode
64. eee nea ee 96 Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions 99 E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts 00 cceeeee ee eee ee eeee eee eaeeeeeaeee enna 99 vi Section 0 1 Document Conventions vii Introduction Welcome to the Official Red Hat Linux Itanium Installation Guide The Official Red Hat Linux Itanium Installation Guide contains useful information to assist you during the installation of Red Hat Linux From fundamental concepts such as installation preparation gath ering information about your current system to the step by step installation procedure this book will be a valuable resource as you install Red Hat Linux This manual will walk you through a typical installation using the Red Hat Linux CD ROMs Once you have completed the installation as outlined in this manual you will have a fully functioning Red Hat Linux desktop system Document Conventions When you read this manual you will see that certain words are represented in different fonts type faces sizes and weights This highlighting is systematic different words are represented in the same style to indicate their inclusion in a specific category The types of words that are represented this way include the following command Linux commands and other operating system commands when used are represented this way This style should indicate to you that you can type in the word or phrase on the command line and press Enter to invoke a
65. eld shows the partition s size in MB Section 3 10 Partitioning Your System e Type This field shows the partition s type for example ext2 ext3 or vfat e Mount Point A mount point is the location within the directory hierarchy at which a volume exists the volume is mounted at this location This field indicates where the partition will be mounted If a partition exists but is not set then you need to define its mount point Double click on the partition or click the Edit button 3 10 4 Recommended Partitioning Scheme Unless you have a reason for doing otherwise we recommend that you create the following partitions e A boot efi partition 100 MB minimum the partition mounted on boot efi contains all the installed kernels the initrd images and ELILO configuration files WARNING i You must create a boot efi partition of type vfat and at least 100 MB in size as the first primary partition e A swap partition 512 MB minimum swap partitions are used to support virtual memory In other words data is written to a swap partition when there is not enough RAM to store the data your system is processing If you are unsure about what size swap partition to create make it twice the amount of RAM on your machine It must be of type swap e A root partition 900 MB 4 0 GB this is where the root directory is located In this setup all files except those stored in boot efi are on the root
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67. esent on your card If you decide that the values you have selected are incorrect use the Restore original values button to return to the suggested probed settings You can also choose to Skip X Configuration if you would rather configure X after the installation or 53 Savage 2000 generic 53 Savage MX 53 Savage3D 53 Savage4 53 Savage generic 53 Savage4 Pro 53 Trio32 generic 53 Trio3D 53 Trio3D 2X 3 Trio64 generic 53 Trio64V generic 53 Trio64V2 generic 53 Trio64V2 DX generic 53 Trio64V2 GX generic 53 VIRGE generic 53 VIRGE old 53V server 53 VIRGE DX generic 53 VIRGE GX generic 53 VIRGE GX2 generic 53 VIRGE MX generic Feil not at all Video card RAM 2 MB Restore original values vi I Skip X Configuration Hide Help Release Notes lt Back Next enter the amount of video memory installed on your video card If you are not sure please consult the documentation accompanying your video card You will not damage your video card by choosing more memory than is available but the X server may not start correctly if you do If you decide that the values you have selected are incorrect you can click the Restore original values button to return to the suggested settings You can also select Skip X Configuration if you would rather configure X after the installation or not at all 3 20 Preparing to Install You should now see a screen preparing you for the installatio
68. eside it To select individual packages r check the Select Individual m Ye Laptop Support Packages box at the bottom of the screen za GNOME i GY m 08 KDE K Q Sound and Multimedia Support K Network Support zj Select individual packages Total install size 853M Hide Help Release Notes lt Back Select each component you wish to install Selecting Everything at the end of the component list during a custom installation installs all packages included with Red Hat Linux If you select every package you will need approximately 1 7 GB of free disk space To select packages individually check the Select Individual Packages box at the bottom of the screen 3A desktop environment in Linux is similar to the environment you might see in other operating systems How ever environments differ in their look and feel and are easily customized for your individual needs Section 3 18 Package Group Selection 3 18 1 Selecting Individual Packages After selecting the components you wish to install you can select or deselect individual packages You can select or deselect packages using your mouse see Figure 3 17 Selecting Individual Packages Figure 3 17 Selecting Individual Packages Individual Package Selection Tree View C Flat View _ Package swe Sd V Amusements S11 abiword 11 G Games apel 1 Graphics M emacs 24 V Applications x 7 Archiving Communications emacs leim 4 Databases M em
69. ettings that are not explicitly defined by you By default only the following connections are allowed e DNS replies e DHCP so any network interfaces that use DHCP can be properly configured If you choose High your firewall will not allow the following e Active mode FTP passive mode FTP used by default in most clients should still work e IRC DCC file transfers e RealAudio e Remote X Window System clients If you are connecting your system to the Internet but do not plan to run a server this is the safest choice If additional services are needed you can choose Customize to allow specific services through the firewall Section 3 13 Firewall Configuration Medium If you choose Medium your firewall will not allow remote machines to have access to certain resources on your system By default access to the following resources are not allowed e Ports lower than 1023 the standard reserved ports used by most system services such as FTP SSH telnet and HTTP e The NFS server port 2049 e The local X Window System display for remote X clients The X Font server port by default xfs does not listen on the network it is disabled in the font server If you want to allow resources such as RealAudio while still blocking access to normal sys tem services choose Medium Select Customize to allow specific services through the firewall No Firewall No firewall provides complete access to your system and
70. he startup nsh file and use it to boot the system To stop EFI from loading the file type Ctrl c This will abort the process and you will return to the EFI shell prompt Section 4 1 Things You Should Know 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode This release of Red Hat Linux features a graphical mouse based installation program but you can also install Red Hat Linux using a text mode keyboard based installation program This chapter briefly explains how to use the text mode installation program Here are some recommendations If you are new to Linux installations read Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux first The main focus of the chapter is the graphical installation process but most of the concepts apply to the text mode installation as well After reading that chapter Section 4 1 Things You Should Know will give you more information regarding the aspects of installing Red Hat Linux that do not apply to the graphical installation process Additionally Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions may be helpful to you since it dis cusses disk partition resizing If you plan to install Red Hat Linux on a disk where another oper ating system is currently installed this knowledge will be crucial If you plan to install over a network via NFS FTP or HTTP you must make a network boot disk Booting the Installation Program from an LS 120 Diskette in Section 2 2 3 explains how to do this If you have never used the te
71. hich one you would like to be your default desktops environment Otherwise Please choose your login type it will only show GNOME or KDE Graphical C Text as the desktop default z Hide Help Release Notes lt Back 64 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux You can also choose whether you want to boot your system into a text or graphical environment once Red Hat Linux is installed Unless you have special needs booting into a graphical environment similar to a Windows environment is recommended If you choose to boot into a text environment you will be presented with a command prompt similar to a DOS environment 3 24 Installation Complete Congratulations Your Red Hat Linux 7 2 installation is now complete The installation program will prompt you to prepare your system for reboot Do not forget to remove any diskette in the diskette drive or CD in the CD ROM drive 3 25 Booting Your Machine and Post Iinstallation Setup This section describes how to boot your Itanium into Red Hat Linux and how to set your EFI console variables so that Red Hat Linux is automatically booted when the machine is powered on After you reboot your system at the end of the installation program type the following command to boot into Red Hat Linux Shell gt elilo After you type el ilo the default kernel listed in the boot efi elilo conf configuration file is loaded The first kernel listed in the file is the default If you want t
72. how many packages Total 441 1018 M 0 11 49 d to be installed need to be installec Completed 120 297M 0 03 26 Remaining 321 721M 0 08 22 redhat Hide Help Release Notes 3 22 Boot Disk Creation If you chose to create a boot disk you should now insert a blank formatted LS 120 diskette into your diskette drive see Figure 3 21 Creating Your Boot Disk It is highly recommended that you create a boot disk After a short delay your boot disk will be created remove it from your diskette drive and label it clearly Note that if you would like to create a boot disk after the installation you will be able to do so For more information please see the mkboot disk man page by typing man mkbootdisk at the shell prompt If you boot your system with the boot disk make sure you create a new boot disk if you make any changes to your kernel Section 3 23 X Configuration Figure 3 21 Creating Your Boot Disk Red Hat Linux Online Help Boot Disk Creation oe Boot Disk The boot disk allows you to boot your Red Hat C reation Linux system from a floppy diskette A Please remove any diskettes from the floppy drive Insert a blank formatted dikete and insert a blank diskette All data will be into your floppy drive and click ERASED during creation of the boot disk Next to continue Skip boot disk creation Hide Help Release Notes 3 23 X Configuration In order to complete X configuration you must configure
73. ings you can have Disk Druid place partitions as you see fit or let Disk Druid decide where partitions should go Section 3 10 Partitioning Your System Size Megs Enter the size in megabytes of the partition Note this field starts with a 1 in it unless changed you will end up with a 1 MB partition Additional Size Options Choose whether to keep this partition at a fixed size to allow it to grow fill up the available hard drive space to a certain point or to allow it to grow to fill any remaining hard drive space available If you choose Fill all space up to MB you must give size constraints in the field to the right of this option This allows you to keep a certain amount of space free on your hard drive for future use Force to be a primary partition Select whether the partition you are creating should be one of the first four partitions on the hard drive If unselected the partition created will be a logical partition See Section E 1 3 Partitions within Partitions An Overview of Extended Partitions for more information Check for bad blocks Checking for bad blocks can help prevent data loss by locating the bad blocks on a drive and making a list of them to prevent using them in the future If you wish to check for bad blocks while formatting each filesystem please make sure to select this option Selecting Check for bad blocks may dramatically increase your total installation time Since most newer hard drives ar
74. inux Depending upon what type of installation you are performing you may need an LS 120 diskette 2 2 The EFI Shell Before you start to install Red Hat Linux on an Itanium you ll need a basic understanding of the EFI Shell what it does and the information it can provide The EFI Shell is a console interface used to launch applications such as the Red Hat Linux installation program load EFI protocols and device drivers and execute simple scripts It is similar to a DOS console and can only access media that is FAT16 vfat formatted The EFI Shell also contains common utilities that can be used on the EFI system partition These utilities include edit type cp rm and mkdir To see a list of utilities and other commands type help at the EFI Shell prompt 22 Chapter 2 Before You Begin the Installation Process The EFI Shell contains a bootloader called elilo Additional information on EFI can be found at the following URL http developer intel com technology efi index htm 2 2 1 EFI Device Names The map command can be used to list all devices and filesystems that EFI can recognize When your Itanium system boots into the EFI shell it probes your system in the following order 1 LS 120 drive if it contains media IDE hard drives on the primary IDE interface IDE hard drives on the secondary IDE interface SCSI hard drives on the SCSI interface CD ROM drives on the IDE interface CD ROM drives on the SCSI interface
75. inux refer to http www redhat com down load howto_download html For people installing Red Hat Linux from a CD ROM not from Red Hat you may need a boot disk It may also be able to start the installation directly from the CD We will discuss this in more detail when we outline the various installation methods For information on making diskettes see Booting the Installation Program from an LS 120 Diskette in Section 2 2 3 1 2 Is Your Hardware Compatible Hardware compatibility is particularly important if you have an older system or a system that you built yourself Red Hat Linux 7 2 should be compatible with most hardware in systems that were factory built within the last two years However hardware specifications change almost daily so it is hard to guarantee that your hardware will be 100 compatible The most recent list of supported hardware can be found at http hardware redhat com 1 3 Do You Have Enough Disk Space Nearly every modern day operating system OS uses disk partitions and Red Hat Linux is no ex ception When you install Red Hat Linux you may have to work with disk partitions If you have not Section 1 4 Which Installation Class is Best For You 15 worked with disk partitions before or need a quick review of the basic concepts read Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions before proceeding The disk space used by Red Hat Linux must be separate from the disk space used by other OSes you may have i
76. inux to install Red Hat Linux To boot from an LS 120 diskette follow these steps 1 Insert the LS 120 diskette you made from the boot image file boot img If you are performing a local CD ROM installation but booting off the LS 120 diskette insert the Red Hat Linux CD 1 also If you are performing a hard drive NFS image FTP or HTTP installation you do not need the CD ROM 2 From the Boot Option menu choose EFI Shell 3 At the Shell gt prompt change the device to the LS 120 drive by typing the command fs0 using the example map output above 4 Type elilo linux to boot into the installation program 5 Go to Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux to begin the installation Boot Loader Options To pass options to the boot loader enter the following at the EFI Shell prompt Shell gt elilo linux option Acceptable options that can be passed to the installation program are as follows e text use text mode installation program e lowres use 640 x 480 resolution e dd use a driver disk e expert expert mode Section 3 1 The Installation Program User Interface 25 3 Installing Red Hat Linux This chapter explains how to install Red Hat Linux from the CD ROM using the graphical mouse based installation program The following topics are discussed e Getting familiar with the installation program s user interface e Starting the installation program e Selecting an installation method e Configuration steps du
77. ioning with fdisk 41 Unless you have previously used fdisk and understand how it works we do not recommend that you use it Disk Druid is easier to understand than fdisk To exit fdisk click Back to return to the previous screen deselect fdisk and then click Next If you have chosen to use fdisk the next screen will prompt you to select a drive to partition using fdisk Once you have chosen which drive to partition you will be presented with the fdisk command screen If you do not know what command to use type m at the prompt for help WARNING D You must create a boot efi partition of type DOS as the first pri mary partition with the size of at least 100 MB When you are finished making partitions type w to save your changes and quit You will be taken back to the original fdisk screen where you can choose to partition another drive or continue with your installation Note None of the changes you make take effect until you save them and exit fdisk using the w command You can quit fdisk at any time without saving changes using the q command After you have partitioned your drive s click Next You will need to use Disk Druid to assign mount points to the partitions you just created with fdisk You will not be able to add new partitions using Disk Druid but you will be able to edit mount points for the partitions you have already created For each partition created with fdisk click on the Edit b
78. l Red Hat Linux Customization Guide e swap Swap partitions are used to support virtual memory In other words data is written to a swap partition when there is not enough RAM to store the data your system is processing e vfat The VFAT filesystem is a Linux filesystem that is compatible with Windows 95 NT long filenames on the FAT filesystem This filesystem must be used for the boot efi partition 3 10 6 Editing Partitions To edit a partition select the Edit button or double click on the existing partition Note If the partition already exists on your hard disk you will only be able to change the partition s mount point If you want to make any other changes you will need to delete the partition and recreate it 3 10 7 Deleting a Partition To delete a partition highlight it in the Partitions section and click the Delete button You will be asked to confirm the deletion Skip to Section 3 12 Network Configuration for further installation instructions 3 11 Partitioning with fdisk This section applies only if you chose to use fdisk to partition your system To partition your system without using fdisk please skip to Section 3 9 Automatic Partitioning for automatic partitioning or Section 3 10 Partitioning Your System for partitioning with Disk Druid If you have already completed disk partitioning skip to Section 3 12 Network Configuration for fur ther installation instructions Section 3 11 Partit
79. ls with partitions and for that matter with disk storage in general The main difference is that each partition is used to form part of the storage necessary to support a single set of files and directories This is done by associating a partition with a directory through a process known as mounting Mounting a partition makes its storage available starting at the specified directory known as a mount point 117 118 Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions For example if partition dev hda5 were mounted on usr that would mean that all files and directories under usr would physically reside on dev hda5 So the file usr share doc FAQ txt Linux FAQ would be stored on dev hda5 while the file etc X11 gdm Sessions Gnome would not Continuing our example it is also possible that one or more directories below usr would be mount points for other partitions For instance a partition say dev hda7 could be mounted on usr local meaning that usr local man whatis would then reside on dev hda7 rather than dev hda5d E 1 8 How Many Partitions At this point in the process of preparing to install Red Hat Linux you will need to give some consider ation to the number and size of the partitions to be used by your new operating system The question of how many partitions continues to spark debate within the Linux community and without any end to the debate in sight it is safe to say that there are probably as many partition lay
80. ly After installing Red Hat Linux you can type e1ilo and any boot options at the EFI Shell prompt each time you wish to boot your Itanium system However if you wish to configure your system to boot into Red Hat Linux automatically you need to configure the EFI Boot Manager To configure the EFl Boot Manager may vary slighly depending on your hardware 1 Boot the Itanium system and choose Boot option maintenance menu from the EFI Boot Man ager menu 2 Choose Add a Boot Option from the Main Menu 3 Select the system partition that is mounted as boot efi in Linux 4 Select the elilo efi file 5 Atthe Enter New Description prompt type Red Hat Linux 7 2 or any name that you want to appear on the EFI Boot Manager menu 6 Atthe Enter Boot Option Data Type prompt enter N for No Boot Option if you do not want to pass options to the ELILO boot loader This option will work for most cases If you want to pass options to the boot loader you can configure it in the boot efi elilo conf configuration file instead 7 Answer Yes tothe Save changes to NVRAM prompt This will return you to the EFI Boot Maintenance Manager menu 8 Next you want to make the Red Hat Linux 7 2 menu item the default You will see a list of boot options Move the Red Hat Linux 7 2 menu item up to the top of the list by selecting it with the arrow keys and pressing the u key to move it up the list You can move items down the list 65 66 Cha
81. most of the on screen widgets commonly found on graphical user interfaces Figure 4 1 Installation Program Widgets as seen in Configure TCP IP and Figure 4 2 Installation Program Widgets as seen in Disk Druid illustrate the screens you will see Figure 4 1 Installation Program Widgets as seen in Configure TCP IP Window Text Input Configure TCP IP Please enter the IP configuration for this maghine Each item should be entered as an IP address in do ted decimal notation for example 1 2 3 4 IP address Netmask Default gateway IP Primary nameserver fe Check Box 70 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode Figure 4 2 Installation Program Widgets as seen in Disk Druid Text Widget Scroll Bar Current Disk Partitions Requested Actual hdat 517M iH hda5 2055H 2055H Linux nativ ii hdab 125H 125H Linux swap fi hda 1725H 1725M Linux native i hda8 1725M 1725H Linux native Drive Sunnaries Drive Geon C H 5 Total Used Free hda E 78384 255 631 GIASH G149H oH HHHH Button Widget Here is a list of the most important widgets shown in Figure 4 1 Installation Program Widgets as seen in Configure TCP IP and Figure 4 2 Installation Program Widgets as seen in Disk Druid Window windows usually referred to as dialogs in this manual will appear on your screen throughout the installation process At times one window may overlay another in
82. mple The Ctrl Alt Backspace key combination will restart the X Window System text found on a GUI interface A title word or phrase found on a GUI interface screen or window will be shown in this style When you see text shown in this style it is being used to identify a particular GUI screen or an element on a GUI screen e g text associated with a checkbox or field Examples On the GNOME Control Center screen you can customize your GNOME window manager Select the Require Password checkbox if you would like your screensaver to require a password before stopping top level of a menu on a GUI screen or window When you see a word in this style it indicates that the word is the top level of a pulldown menu If you click on the word on the GUI screen the rest of the menu should appear For example Under Settings on a GNOME terminal you will see the following menu items Preferences Reset Terminal Reset and Clear and Color selector If you need to type in a sequence of commands from a GUI menu they will be shown like the following example Click on Programs gt Applications gt Emacs to start the Emacs text editor button on a GUI screen or window This style indicates that the text will be found on a clickable button on a GUI screen For ex ample Click on the Back button to return to the Web page you last viewed computer output Section 0 1 Document Conventions ix When you see text in this style it indi
83. n enina eee 53 s lectiNS spee ba i ho Meee 53 partition eee aa e T 118 extended csi id ead ete os 107 TOOLS seh clas n e tele toners O E one 118 SWAP dese scvsawcepeesnuenwscnemen neeboenes 118 PartitlONING eesse ier sles seven ests 34 automatic ie eee eee eee 32 33 basic concepts nyser araa sees eee 99 creating NEW eee eee e eee eee ees 37 filesystem type 0 eee 39 destructive ssn apaes 110 extended partitions 04 107 how many partitions 118 introduction tO eee eee eee 103 making room for partitions 108 mount points and eee eee ee 117 naming partitions 08 116 non destructive cece eee eee 112 numbering partitions 116 other operating systems 117 recommended s cess ee eee 37 types of partitions 000008 105 using free space e cece eee 108 using in use partition 110 using unused partition 109 With TASK ioi aere ataa 40 password SEINE TOOL se eree ina eerren a ns 49 USET ACCOUNTS eee eee 50 post installation setup 0065 64 pre installation information 67 R RAM requirements 0 00 00 21 recursion See recursion registering your product 14 root partition cece 37
84. n of Red Hat Linux Section 3 21 Installing Packages WARNING D If for some reason you would rather not continue with the installation process this is your last opportunity to safely cancel the process and re boot your machine Once you press the Next button partitions will be written and packages will be installed If you wish to abort the installa tion you should reboot now before your hard drive s are rewritten To cancel this installation process press your computer s Reset button or use the Control Alt Delete key combination to restart your machine For your reference a complete log of your installation can be found in tmp install log once you reboot your system 3 21 Installing Packages At this point there is nothing left for you to do until all the packages have been installed see Figure 3 20 Installing Packages How quickly this happens depends on the number of packages you have selected and your computer s speed 59 60 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux Figure 3 20 Installing Packages Red Hat Linux Online Help Installing Packages Package ncurses 5 2 12 Size 9 836 KBytes Summary A CRT screen handling and optimization package Installing Packages We have gathered all the Package Progress information needed to install Red Total Progress Hat Linux on your system It may take a while to install everything Status Packages Size Time depending on
85. n the outside of the box an official Red Hat Linux boxed set lists only our name and contact information 1 1 1 Where to Find Other Red Hat Linux Manuals If your particular boxed set did not include all of the printed Red Hat Linux manuals you can find them online or on the Red Hat Linux Documentation CD To find the manuals in both HTML and PDF formats online go to http www redhat com docs 14 Chapter 1 Steps to Get You Started 1 1 2 Why You Should Register Your Red Hat Linux Boxed Set If you have purchased an Official Red Hat Linux 7 2 boxed set you should register your product Registration offers many useful services such as installation support access to Red Hat Network and more To register your product go to http www redhat com apps activate You will find your Product ID on the Registration Information card in your Official Red Hat Linux boxed set Once registered you will have access to all the extras that Red Hat provides to its registered users For more information on registering and the scope of Red Hat s technical support offerings see Ap pendix C Getting Technical Support 1 1 3 No Boxed Set No Problem Of course not everyone purchases a Red Hat Linux boxed set It is entirely possible to install Red Hat Linux using a CD created by another company or even via FTP In these cases you may need to create one or more diskettes to get started For information on downloading and installing Red Hat L
86. naming convention that is based on partition type unlike DOS Windows all partitions can be identified under Red Hat Linux Of course this does not mean that Red Hat Linux can access data on every type of partition but in many cases it is possible to access data on a partition dedicated to another operating system Keep this information in mind it will make things easier to understand when you are setting up the partitions Red Hat Linux requires E 1 6 Disk Partitions and Other Operating Systems If your Red Hat Linux partitions will be sharing a hard disk with partitions used by other operating sys tems most of the time you will have no problems However there are certain combinations of Linux and other operating systems that require extra care Information on creating disk partitions compatible with other operating systems is available in several HOWTOs and Mini HOWTOs available on the Red Hat Linux Documentation CD in the HOWTO and HOWTO mini directories In particular the Mini HOWTOs whose names start with Linux are quite helpful E 1 7 Disk Partitions and Mount Points One area that many people new to Linux find confusing is the matter of how partitions are used and accessed by the Linux operating system In DOS Windows it is relatively simple Each partition gets a drive letter You then use the correct drive letter to refer to files and directories on its corresponding partition This is entirely different from how Linux dea
87. ng the installation process doing so may result in unpredictable behavior 4 3 Starting the Installation Program The following methods can be used to start the installation e Insert a boot diskette that you have created into the primary diskette drive and reboot your com puter e Insert the Red Hat Linux CD 1 into the drive and reboot if your computer can boot from the CD ROM drive Refer to Section 2 2 3 Booting the Installation Program to determine whether you can boot off the CD ROM or need to boot off a boot diskette 72 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode To boot into text mode at the EFI Shell type Shell gt elilo linux text 4 3 1 Displaying Online Help Once the installation program is loaded into memory you can obtain information about the installation process and options by pressing F1 through F6 For example press F2 to see general information about the online help screens 4 4 Installation Cross reference Table Most text mode installation screens can be cross referenced with their GUI screen counterparts This table lists the installation screens in order and where you can go to get the necessary information for each part of the installation For those screens which do not have adequate GUI counterparts installation related instructions and screenshots will be provided in this chapter Table 4 1 Installation Cross reference Table Text Mode Screen Text Mode Reference Point
88. ns that you do not use any longer Perhaps you have dabbled with another operating system in the past and the partition s you dedicated to it never seem to be used anymore Figure E 9 Disk Drive With an Unused Partition illustrates such a situation 110 Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions Figure E 9 Disk Drive With an Unused Partition CP M Cc Linux native Before After If you find yourself in this situation you can use the space allocated to the unused partition You will first need to delete the partition and then create the appropriate Linux partition s in its place You can either delete the partition using the DOS fdisk command or you will be given the opportunity to do so during a custom installation Using Free Space from an Active Partition This is the most common situation It is also unfortunately the hardest to handle The main problem is that even if you have enough free space it is presently allocated to a partition that is already in use If you purchased a computer with pre installed software the hard disk most likely has one massive partition holding the operating system and data Aside from adding a new hard drive to your system you have two choices Destructive Repartitioning Basically you delete the single large partition and create several smaller ones As you might imagine any data you had in the original partition is destroyed This means that making a com plete backup is necess
89. nstalled on your system At least three partitions boot efi and swap must be dedicated to Red Hat Linux Before you start the installation process one of the following conditions must be met e Your computer must have enough unpartitioned disk space for the installation of Red Hat Linux e You must have one or more partitions that may be deleted thereby freeing up enough disk space to install Red Hat Linux 1 3 1 Installation Disk Space Requirements Note These recommendations are based on an installation that only installs one language such as English If you plan to install multiple languages to use on your system you should increase the disk space requirements Workstation A workstation installation choosing to install GNOME or KDE requires at least 1 5 GB of free space Choosing both GNOME and KDE requires at least 1 8 GB of free disk space Server A server installation requires 1 GB for a minimal installation without X the graphical envi ronment at least 1 3 GB of free space if all components package groups other than X are installed and at least 2 0 GB to install all packages including GNOME and KDE Custom A custom installation requires 1 1 GB for a minimal installation and at least 4 5 GB of free space if every package is selected If you are not sure that you meet these conditions or if you want to know how to create free disk space for your Red Hat Linux installation please refer to Appendix E
90. o load a different kernel type the label name of the kernel from the file bvoot efi elilo conf after elilo For example to load the kernel named 1inux up for the uni processor kernel type Shell gt elilo linux up If you do not know the names of the installed kernels you can view the boot efi elilo conf file in EFI with the following instructions 1 At the Shell gt prompt change devices to the system partition mounted as boot efi in Linux For example if s0 is the system boot partition type s0 at the EFI Shell prompt 2 Type 1s at the s0 gt to make sure you are in the correct partition 3 Then type Shell gt type elilo conf Section 3 25 Booting Your Machine and Post Installation Setup This command displays the contents of the configuration file Each stanza contains a line begin ning with label followed by a label name for that kernel The label name is what you type after elilo to boot the different kernels 3 25 1 Post Installation Boot Loader Options In addition to specifying a kernel to load you can also enter other boot options such as single for single user mode or mem 1024M to force Red Hat Linux to see 1024 MB of memory To pass options to the boot loader enter the following at the EFI Shell prompt replace 1inux with the label name of the kernel you want to boot and option with the boot options you want to pass to the kernel Shell gt elilo linux option 3 25 2 Booting Red Hat Linux Automatical
91. og in to once the installation is complete see Figure 3 13 Account Creation Figure 3 13 Account Creation Red Hat Linux Online Help Account Configuration a J Enter the password for the root user administrator of this system Account Root Password Configuration bees Note Setting up a root account Root password accepted and password is one of the most Additional accounts can be created for other users of this system Such important steps during your l s accounts could be for a personal login account or for other installation Your root account 4 non administrative users who need to use this system Use the lt Add gt enables you to install packages button to enter additional user accounts upgrade RPMs and do most system Account Name Full Nai maintenance Logging in as root gives you complete control over your system and is very powerful Add Edit iE Use the root account ony for administration Create a non root account for your general use and su to gain root access when you need to fix something quickly These basic rules will minimize the chances of a typo or incorrect command doing damage to your system Delete Enter a password for the root account The password must be at least siz characters in lencth zi Hide Help Release Notes 3 16 1 Setting the Root Password Setting up a root account and password is one of the most important steps during your installation You
92. ollowing information o the name or IP number of your NFS server o the directory on that server containing Red Hat Linux for your architecture NFS server name ame domain con Red Hat directory MIE E ARSi L ZEEN lt Tab gt lt Alt Tab gt between elements lt Space gt selects lt F12 next screen Enter the fully qualified domain name or IP address of your NFS server For example if you are installing from a host named east coast in the domain redhat com enter eastcoast red hat com in the NFS Server field Next enter the name of the exported directory If you followed the setup described in Section 4 6 Installing over a Network you would enter the directory location of disk space which contains the RedHat directory If the NFS server is exporting a mirror of the Red Hat Linux installation tree enter the directory which contains the RedHat directory If you do not know this directory path ask your system administra tor For example if your NFS server contains the directory mirrors redhat ia64 RedHat enter mirrors redhat ia64 Next you will see the Welcome dialog See Table 4 1 Installation Cross reference Table for more information 4 6 3 FTP Setup The FTP dialog Figure 4 5 FTP Setup Dialog applies only if you are installing from an FTP server if you selected FTP in the Installation Method dialog This dialog allows you to identify the FTP server from which you are installing Red Hat Linux Section
93. olved dependencies and gives you the opportunity to resolve them see Figure 3 18 Unresolved Dependencies The Unresolved Dependencies screen appears only if you are missing packages that are needed by the packages you have selected At the bottom of the screen under the list of missing packages an Install packages to satisfy dependencies checkbox is selected by default If you leave this checked the installation program will resolve package dependencies automatically by adding all required pack ages to the list of selected packages Section 3 19 X Configuration 57 Figure 3 18 Unresolved Dependencies Red Hat Linux Online Help Unresolved Dependencies a Requirement psgml emacs emacs nox emacs Unresolved Dependencies Many software packages depend on other packages or libraries in order to work correctly To make sure your system has all the packages it needs in order to work Red Hat Linux checks these package dependencies each time you install or remove a package If one package requires another package that has not been installed unresolved dependencies exist One or more packages you have selected have unresolved dependencies You can resolve this by selecting install Packages to Satisfy Dependencies You can also choose not to install any Install packages to satisfy dependencies packages listed with dependencies or to ignore the dependencies C Do not install packages that have dependencies C Ignore
94. on manually using fdisk see Figure 3 5 Disk Partitioning Setup Automatic partitioning allows you to perform an installation without having to partition your drive s yourself If you do not feel comfortable with partitioning your system it is recommended that you do not choose to partition manually and instead let the installation program partition for you To partition manually choose either the Disk Druid or fdisk recommended for experts only parti tioning tool Figure 3 5 Disk Partitioning Setup Red Hat Linux Online Help Disk Partitioning Setup Choosing Your Partitioning Strategy Automatic Partitioning sets up your partitioning based on your installation type You also can customize the resulting partitions to meet One of the largest obstacles for a your needs new user during a Linux installation is partitioning Red Hat Linux The manual disk paritioning tool Disk Druid allows you to set up your makes this process much simpler partitions in an interactive environment You can set the filesystem by providing an option for A AE points size and more in this easy to use powerful automatic partitioning i a i NA fdisk is the traditional text based partitioning tool offered by Red Hat By selecting automatic p tioning Although it is not as easy to use there are cases where fdisk is you will not have to use partitioning preferred tools to assign mount points create partitions or allocate space for Have the ins
95. oned below Red Hat Linux can also be installed within an already existing FAT DOS Windows partition This vA Hide Help Release Notes A 3 Upgrading Your Filesystem The installation program has detected the ext2 filesystem on your Red Hat Linux system At this time you can choose to retain your current ext2 filesystem or migrate to the ext3 filesystem It is recommended but not required that you choose to migrate to the ext3 filesystem If you choose to migrate to the ext3 filesystem existing system data will not be modified The following is a brief description of the ext2 and ext3 filesystems and how they can be utilized e ext2 An ext2 filesystem supports standard Unix file types regular files directories symbolic links etc It provides the ability to assign long file names up to 255 characters Versions prior to Red Hat Linux 7 2 used ext2 filesystems by default e ext3 The ext3 filesystem is based on the ext2 filesystem and has one main advantage jour naling Using a journaling filesystem reduces time spent recovering a filesystem after a crash as there is no need to fsck the filesystem l The fsck application is used to check and optionally repair one or more Linux filesystems Section A 5 Selecting Packages to Upgrade 81 A 4 Customizing Your Upgrade Do you want to choose the packages to be upgraded or let the installation program perform an auto mated installation see Figure A 2 Upgrade Cus
96. ons can be selected when they are highlighted e Cursor although not a widget the cursor is used to select and interact with a particular widget As the cursor is moved from widget to widget it may cause the widget to change color or you may only see the cursor itself positioned in or next to the widget In Figure 4 1 Installation Program Widgets as seen in Configure TCP IP the cursor is positioned on the OK button Figure 4 2 Installation Program Widgets as seen in Disk Druid shows the cursor on the Edit button 4 2 1 Using the Keyboard to Navigate Navigation through the installation dialogs is performed through a simple set of keystrokes To move the cursor use Left Right Up and Down arrow keys Use Tab and Alt Tab to cycle forward or backward through each widget on the screen Along the bottom most screens display a summary of available cursor positioning keys To press a button position the cursor over the button using Tab for example and press Space or Enter To select an item from a list of items move the cursor to the item you wish to select and press Enter To select an item with a checkbox move the cursor to the checkbox and press Space to select an item To deselect press Space a second time Pressing F12 accepts the current values and proceeds to the next dialog it is equivalent to pressing the OK button Unless a dialog box is waiting for your input do not press any keys duri
97. ontract the phone number you will need to call will be provided to you during the sign up process For more information on using Red Hat s online support system go to http www redhat com sup port services access html 91 92 Appendix C Getting Technical Support Section D 2 Trouble Beginning the Installation D Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Linux This appendix discusses some common installation problems and their solutions D 1 You are Unable to Boot Red Hat Linux D 1 1 Is Your System Displaying Signal 11 Errors If you receive a fatal signal 11 during your installation itis probably due to a hardware error in memory on your system s bus A hardware error in memory can be caused by problems in executables or with the system s hardware Like other operating systems Red Hat Linux places its own demands on your system s hardware Some of this hardware may not be able to meet those demands even if they work properly under another OS Check to see if you have the latest installation and supplemental boot diskettes from Red Hat Review the online errata to see if newer versions are available If the latest images still fail it may be due to a problem with your hardware Commonly these errors are in your memory or CPU cache A possible solution for this error is turning off the CPU cache in the BIOS You could also try to swap your memory around in the motherboard slots to see if the problem is either slot or memo
98. oose whether you would like to perform a full installation or an upgrade Workstation A fullinstallation will destroy any previously saved information on the a selected partitions Server An upgrade will preserve existing Red Hat Linux system data If you want to perform a full installation you must choose the O class or type of the installation t Upgrade Existing System Your options Workstation Server Laptop or Custom are discussed briefly below Custom Bie A workstation installation will create a system for your home or desktop use A graphical Windows like environment will be installed If you want your system to function 7 Hide Help Release Notes To perform an upgrade please refer to Appendix A Upgrading Your Current System 32 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux For more information about the different installation classes please refer to Section 1 4 Which Instal lation Class is Best For You 3 8 Disk Partitioning Setup Partitioning allows you to divide your hard drive into isolated sections where each section behaves as its own hard drive Partitioning is particularly useful if you run more than one operating system If you are not sure how you want your system to be partitioned read Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions for more information In this screen you can choose to perform automatic partitioning to partition manually using Disk Druid or to partiti
99. or select all languages to have all available languages installed on your Red Hat Linux system Use the Reset button to cancel your selections Resetting will revert to the default only the language you selected for use during the installation will be installed 3 15 Time Zone Configuration You can set your time zone by selecting your computer s physical location or by specifying your time zone s offset from Coordinated Universal Time UTC 47 48 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux Figure 3 12 Configuring the Time Zone Red Hat Linux le rOnline Help Time Zone Selection You can set your time zone either by selecting your computer s physical location or by your time zone s offset from Universal Coordinated Time also known as UTC Notice the two tabs at the top of the screen The first tab offers you the ability to configure by location With this option you can choose your view In choosing View your options are World North America South America Pacific Rim Europe Africa and Asia From the interactive map you can click on a specific city as indicated by the yellow dots and ared X will Time Zone Selection Location UTC Offset View World I System clock uses UTC 63 PTTETTC SF TVTOTTTETT ET SMTA TIMES CUA Orago EVO Ceon TAM a America Montevideo i America Montreal America Montserrat Eastern Time Ontario amp Quebec most locations Eastern Time Easte
100. ort packages by size click on the Size MB tab To select an individual package double click the checkbox beside the package name A check mark in the box means that a package has been selected For more information about a specific package click on the individual package name The package information will appear at the bottom of the screen You can also select or deselect all packages listed within a particular group by clicking on the Select all in group or Unselect all in group buttons Certain packages for example the kernel and certain libraries are required for every Red Hat Linux system and are not available to select or deselect These base packages are selected by default Figure A 3 Individual Package Selection Red Hat Linux Individual Package Selection Tree View C Flat View Packa seeno ooo F V Amusements 411M abiword 11 G Games apel 1 Graphics M emacs 24 V Applications X 7 Archiving Communications emacs leim 4 Databases M emacs nox 3 M gedit 1 Emulators hexedit 1 Engineering jed 1 GFile jed common 3 Galnternet jed xjed i Multimedia joe 1 Productivity nedit 1 Publishing nvi m17n 2 GSystem nvi m1 7n canna 1 Text nvi m17n nocanna 1 b gt Development psgml 1 Documentation quanta 14 gt System Environment zji cami 1 be Total install size
101. oser look at each of these characteristics The starting and ending points actually define the partition s size and location on the disk The active flag is used by some operating systems boot loaders In other words the operating system in the partition that is marked active will be booted The partition s type can be a bit confusing The type is a number that identifies the partition s antic ipated usage If that statement sounds a bit vague that is because the meaning of the partition type is a bit vague Some operating systems use the partition type to denote a specific filesystem type to flag the partition as being associated with a particular operating system to indicate that the partition contains a bootable operating system or some combination of the three Table E 1 Partition Types contains a listing of some popular and obscure partition types along with their numeric values Table E 1 Partition Types Partition Type Value Partition Type Empty Novell Netware 386 6 7 DOS 12 bit FAT XENIX root 5 PIC IX 5 e DOS 16 bit lt 32M Linux swap 82 e 5 Extended Linux native 00 01 02 03 04 05 DOS 16 bit gt 32 06 Linux extended 8 OS 2 HPFS 07 Amoeba 93 AIX 08 Amoeba BBT 94 09 Oa Ob Oc Oe Of AIX bootable BSD 386 a5 OS 2 Boot Manager OpenBSD a6 Win95 FAT32 NEXTSTEP a7 Win95 FAT32 LBA BSDI fs b7 Win95 FAT16 LBA BSDI swap b8 Win95 Extended
102. ou may have noticed in Table E 1 Partition Types there is an Extended partition type It is this partition type that is at the heart of extended partitions When a partition is created and its type is set to Extended an extended partition table is created In essence the extended partition is like a disk drive in its own right it has a partition table that points to one or more partitions now called logical partitions as opposed to the four primary par titions contained entirely within the extended partition itself Figure E 7 Disk Drive With Extended Partition shows a disk drive with one primary partition and one extended partition containing two log ical partitions along with some unpartitioned free space Figure E 7 Disk Drive With Extended Partition g j OS 2 HPFS e 107 108 Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions As this figure implies there is a difference between primary and logical partitions there can only be four primary partitions but there is no fixed limit to the number of logical partitions that can ex ist However in reality it is probably not a good idea to try to define and use more than 12 logical partitions on a single disk drive Now that we have discussed partitions in general let us see how to use this knowledge to install Red Hat Linux E 1 4 Making Room For Red Hat Linux There are three possible scenarios you may face when attempting to repartition your hard disk
103. oup the list of packages in that group appears in the panel on the right To sort alphabetically click on the Package tab To sort packages by size click on the Size MB tab To select an individual package double click the checkbox beside the package name A check mark in the box means that a package has been selected For more information about a specific package click on the individual package name The package information will appear at the bottom of the screen 55 56 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux You can also select or deselect all packages listed within a particular group by clicking on the Select all in group or Unselect all in group buttons Note Some packages such as the kernel and certain libraries are required for ev ery Red Hat Linux system and are not available to select or deselect These base packages are selected by default 3 18 2 Unresolved Dependencies Many software packages in order to work correctly depend on other software packages that must be installed on your system For example many of the graphical Red Hat system administration tools require the python and pythonlib packages To make sure your system has all the packages it needs in order to be fully functional Red Hat Linux checks these package dependencies each time you install or remove software packages If any package requires another package which you have not selected to install the program presents a list of these unres
104. our system It may aS tikea while to install every amp Status Packages Size Time depending on how many packages need to be installed Total 441 1018 M 0 11 49 Completed 120 297 M 0 03 26 Remaining 321 721M 0 08 22 redhat Hide Help Release Notes lt Back gt Next A 7 Upgrade Complete Congratulations Your Red Hat Linux 7 2 upgrade is now complete Additional Resources about Itanium and Linux B Additional Resources about Itanium and Linux Other reference materials related to running Red Hat Linux on an Itanium system are available on the Web A few of the available resources are as follows http www linuxia64 org The Official Home Page of the Itanium Linux Project http developer intel com software idap processor itanium The Intel website on the Itanium Processor http developer intel com software idap tech video efi efi_shell_2 htm Navigating through the EFI Shell Primer by Intel http www itanium com eBusiness products itanium The Intel website on the Itanium pro cessor family http www alphaworks ibm com tech linuxsdk IBM Developer Kit for Linux on Itanium Java 2 Technology Edition 86 Appendix B Additional Resources about Itanium and Linux Section C 2 An Overview of Red Hat Support C Getting Technical Support C 1 Remember to Sign Up If you have an official edition of Red Hat Linux 7 2 and or an official Red Hat OEM partner kit please remember to sign u
105. ouse If you select this checkbox you can emulate a third middle button by pressing both mouse buttons simultaneously Tip To change your mouse configuration after you have completed the installa tion of Red Hat Linux become root then use the usr sbin mousec onfig command from a shell prompt To configure your mouse to work as a left handed mouse reset the order of the mouse buttons To do this after you have booted your Red Hat Linux system type gpm B 321 at the shell prompt Section 3 7 Install Options 31 3 6 Welcome to Red Hat Linux The Welcome screen does not prompt you for any input Please read over the help text in the left panel for additional instructions and information on where to register your Official Red Hat Linux product Please notice the Hide Help button at the bottom left corner of the screen The help screen is open by default If you do not want to view the help information click on Hide Help to minimize the help portion of the screen Click on the Next button to continue 3 7 Install Options Choose whether you would like to perform a full installation or an upgrade see Figure 3 4 Choosing Install or Upgrade Red Hat Linux allows you to choose the installation type that best fits your needs Your options are Workstation Server Custom and Upgrade Figure 3 4 Choosing Install or Upgrade Red Hat Linux Online Help Installation Type ay A y Install s Install Options Ch
106. outs as there are people debating the issue Keeping this in mind we recommend that unless you have a reason for doing otherwise you should at least create the following partitions e A swap partition Swap partitions are used to support virtual memory In other words data is written to swap when there is not RAM to hold the data your system is processing You must create a swap partition to correctly use Red Hat Linux The minimum size of your swap partition should be equal to twice the amount of your computer s RAM or 32 MB whichever is larger e A boot efi partition The partition mounted on boot efi contains the operating system kernel which allows your system to boot Red Hat Linux the configuration files for ELILO and a few other files used during the bootstrap process This partition must be formatted as type DOS e A root partition The root partition is where the root directory resides In this partitioning layout all files except those stored in boot efi reside on the root partition Because of this it is in your best interest to maximize the size of your root partition A 1 2 GB root partition will permit the equivalent of a workstation installation with very little free space while a 3 4 GB root partition will let you install every package Obviously the more space you can give the root partition the better Specific recommendations concerning the proper size for various Red Hat Linux partitions
107. p for the benefits you are entitled to as a Red Hat customer You will be entitled to any or all of the following benefits depending upon the Official Red Hat Linux product you purchased e Official Red Hat support Get help with your installation questions from Red Hat Inc s support team e Red Hat Network Easily update your packages and receive security notices that are customized for your system Go to http rhn redhat com for details e Under the Brim The Official Red Hat E Newsletter Every month get the latest news and product information directly from Red Hat To sign up go to http www redhat com apps activate You will find your Product ID on the Reg istration Information Card in your Official Red Hat Linux boxed set C 2 An Overview of Red Hat Support Note Refer to the service level agreement at http www redhat com support sla for more information on how Red Hat s technical support staff can assist you Red Hat provides installation assistance for Official Red Hat Linux boxed set products and covers installation on a single computer This assistance is intended to help customers successfully install Red Hat Linux Assistance with installation is offered via telephone and the Web Note telephone support is only available with certain Red Hat Linux products Please check your boxed set to see what types of support are available to you Red Hat Support will attempt to answer any questions you may
108. package dependencies ha Total install size 1 015M Hide Help Release Notes lt Back gt Next 3 19 X Configuration The first part of X configuration deals with video card configuration 3 19 1 Video Card Configuration Xconfigurator will now present a list of video cards for you to choose from If you decided to install the X Window System packages you now have the opportunity to configure an X server for your system If you did not choose to install the X Window System packages skip ahead to Section 3 20 Preparing to Install If your video card does not appear on the list see Figure 3 19 Video Card Setup X may not support it However if you have technical knowledge about your card you may choose Unlisted Card and attempt to configure it by matching your card s video chipset with one of the available X servers 58 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux Figure 3 19 Video Card Setup Red Hat Linux Online Help Graphical Interface X Configuration In most cases your video hardware can be probed to automatically determine the best settings for your display Video Ifthe probed settings do not match your hardware select the correct a hardware settings below Configuration 53 Savage generic p Although the installation program probes to determine the best video card for your system you can choose another video card if needed Once you have selected your video card choose the amount of video RAM pr
109. partition It must be of type ext3 or ext2 3 10 5 Adding Partitions To add a new partition select the New button A dialog box appears see Figure 3 8 Creating a New Partition 37 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux Figure 3 8 Creating a New Partition Mount Point Filesystem Type Allowable Drives Size MB 1 2 Additional Size Options Fixed size C Fill all space up to MB 1 C Fill to maximum allowable size Force to be a primary partition I Check for bad blocks OK Cancel Note You must dedicate at least one partition to Red Hat Linux and optionally more This is discussed more completely in Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions e Mount Point Enter the partition s mount point For example if this partition should be the root partition enter enter boot for the boot partition and so on You can also use the pulldown menu to choose the correct mount point for your partition e Filesystem Type Using the pulldown menu select the appropriate filesystem type for this parti tion For more information on filesystem types see Filesystem Types in Section 3 10 5 e Allowable Drives This field contains a list of the hard disks installed on your system If a hard disk s box is highlighted then a desired partition can be created on that hard disk If the box is not checked then the partition will never be created on that hard disk By using different checkbox sett
110. pter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux by selecting it and pressing the d key After changing the boot order choose Save changes to NVRAM Choose Exit to return to the Main Menu 9 Optionally you can change to boot timeout value by choosing Set Auto Boot TimeOut gt Set Timeout Value from the Main Menu 10 Return to the EFI Boot Manager by selecting Exit Using a Startup Script It is recommended that you configure the ELILO Boot Manager to boot Red Hat Linux automatically However if you require additional commands to be executed before starting the ELILO boot loader you can create a startup script named startup nsh The last command should be elilo to boot into Linux The startup nsh script should be in the boot efi partition boot efi startup nsh and contain the following text echo off your set of commands elilo If you want to pass options to the boot loader see Section 3 25 1 Post Installation Boot Loader Op tions add them after elilo You can either create this file after booting into Red Hat Linux or use the editor built into the EFI shell To use the EFI shell at the She11 gt prompt change devices to the system partition mounted as boot efi in Linux For example if s0 is the system boot partition type s0 at the EFI Shell prompt Type ls to make sure you are in the correct partition Then type edit startup nsh Type the contents of the file and save it The next time the system boots EFI will detect t
111. publicly available enable this option You need to install the wu ftpd and possibly the anonftp package for this option to be useful Other ports You can allow access to ports which are not listed here by listing them in Other ports field Use the following format port protocol For example if you want to allow IMAP access through your firewall you can specify imap tcp You can also explicitly specify numeric ports to allow UDP packets on port 1234 through the firewall enter 1234 udp To specify multiple ports separate them with commas 3 14 Language Support Selection Red Hat Linux can install and support multiple languages for use on your system Section 3 15 Time Zone Configuration You must select a language to use as the default language The default language will be used on your Red Hat Linux system once installation is complete If you choose to install other languages you can change your default language after the installation Figure 3 11 Language Support Selection Red Hat Linux Online Help Additional Language Support 4 Choose the default language for this system English USA Language Support Choose additional languages you would like to use on this system Selection Dutch Netherlands aj Select all English Australia Select a language to use as the English Botswana Reset default language The default English Canad
112. r root account is similar to the administrator account used on Windows NT machines The root account is used to install packages upgrade RPMs and perform most system maintenance Logging in as root gives you complete control over your system Use the root account only for system administration Create a non root account for your general use and su to root when you need to fix something quickly These basic rules will minimize the chances of a typo or an incorrect command doing damage to your system 49 50 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux The installation program will prompt you to set a root password for your system You must enter a root password The installation program will not let you proceed to the next section without entering a root password The root password must be at least six characters long the password you type is not echoed to the screen You must enter the password twice if the two passwords do not match the installation program will ask you to enter them again You should make the root password something you can remember but not something that is easy for someone else to guess Your name your phone number qwerty password root 123456 and anteater are all examples of bad passwords Good passwords mix numerals with upper and lower case letters and do not contain dictionary words Aard387vark or 420BMttNT for example Remember that the password is case sensitive If you write down your password keep it in a secu
113. re place How ever it is recommended that you do not write down this or any password you create Note Do not use one of the example passwords offered in this manual Using one of these passwords could be considered a security risk Note The root user also known as the superuser has complete access to the entire system for this reason logging in as the root user is best done only to perform system maintenance or administration 3 16 2 Setting Up User Accounts If you choose to create a user account now you will have an account to log in to once the installation has completed This allows you to safely and easily log into your computer without having to be root to create your user account Enter an account name Then enter and confirm a password for that user account Enter the full name of the account user and press Add Your account information will be added to the account list and the user account fields will be cleared so that you can add another user 2 A root password is the administrative password for your Red Hat Linux system You should only log in as root when needed for system maintenance The root account does not operate within the restrictions placed on normal user accounts so changes made as root can have implications for your entire system Section 3 17 Authentication Configuration Figure 3 14 Creating a User Account Add a New User User Name Full Name Password Confirm Please enter
114. ring the installation language keyboard mouse etc e Finishing the installation 3 1 The Installation Program User Interface If you have used a graphical user interface GUI before you will be familiar with this process simply use your mouse to navigate the screens click buttons or enter text fields You can also navigate through the installation using the Tab and Enter keys Note If you do not wish to use the GUI installation program the text mode instal lation program is also available To start the text mode installation program type the following command at the EFI Shell prompt Shell gt elilo linux text 3 1 1 A Note about Virtual Consoles The Red Hat Linux installation program offers more than the dialog boxes of the installation process Several different kinds of diagnostic messages are available to you in addition to providing a way to enter commands from a shell prompt The installation program displays these messages on five virtual consoles among which you can switch using a single keystroke combination These virtual consoles can be helpful if you encounter a problem while installing Red Hat Linux Messages displayed on the installation or system consoles can help pinpoint a problem Please see Table 3 1 Console Keystrokes and Contents for a listing of the virtual consoles keystrokes used to switch to them and their contents 26 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux Table 3 1 Console Keyst
115. rn Time Ontario amp Quebec places that did ni Alaska Time west Alaska Atlantic islands America Nome America Noronha appear at your selection America Panama Amarin Dananirhina Eactarn Standard Tima Dananirhina hunaiu zi You can also scroll through the city 4 gt list and choose your desired time Hide Help Release Notes Notice the two tabs at the top of the screen see Figure 3 12 Configuring the Time Zone The first tab allows you to configure your time zone by your location You can specify different areas to view World North America South America Pacific Rim Europe Africa and Asia On the interactive map you can also click on a specific city which is marked by a yellow dot a red X will appear indicating your selection You can also scroll through a list and choose a time zone The second tab allows you to specify a UTC offset The tab displays a list of offsets to choose from as well as an option to set daylight saving time On both tabs you can select System Clock uses UTC Please select this if you know that your system is set to UTC Tip If you wish to change your time zone configuration after you have booted your Red Hat Linux system become root and use the usr sbin time config command Section 3 16 Account Configuration 3 16 Account Configuration The Account Configuration screen allows you to set your root password Additionally you can set up user accounts for you to l
116. rokes and Contents Console Keystrokes Contents Pp ft fn LF installation dialog es CIT an Ctrl Alt F3 install log messages from installation program Ctrl Alt F4 system related messages Ctrl Alt F5 other messages Ctrl Alt F7 X graphical display Generally there is no reason to leave the default console virtual console 7 unless you are attempting to diagnose installation problems 3 2 Selecting an Installation Method Next you will be asked what type of installation method you wish to use This chapter explains in stallation from the CD ROM Other installation methods are briefly discussed in Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode The following installation methods are available CD ROM If you have a CD ROM drive and the Red Hat Linux CD ROM you can use this method You will need a boot disk or a bootable CD ROM Hard Drive If you have copied the Red Hat Linux ISO images to a local hard drive you can use this method Refer to Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode for hard drive installation instruc tions You will need a boot disk NFS Image If you are installing from an NFS server which is exporting the Red Hat Linux CD ROM s or a mirror image of Red Hat Linux you can use this method You will need a network boot disk Refer to Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode for network installation instructions Please note that NFS installations may
117. root partition 121 122 See partition root root password ee cece ee ee cece eee eee eee S selecting PAaCk ages once citnersdcae e ie starting installation cece eee eee eee SEALEUPAN Ss ee ern E ESEE steps choosing an installation class disk sP Cesee r errenit ernie itoi aeii hardware compatibility Red Hat Linux components support technical See technical support swap partition See partition swap System Partition s es T tables text mode cross reference technical support ce cece eee eee how to send questions for how to state problems for not provided for other companies PLOMUCIS io eiin ia policy overview ccc eee ee eeee eee eee registering online eeeeee eee Signing up fOTr cee eeee eee eee e text mode installation cross reference table 065 time zone configuration cece ee eeee ee eee eee troubleshooting ce cece eee eeeee after the installation 00 08 Index logging iN ee eee eee eee 96 Netscape Navigator 0 97 printers and X oo eee 97 server installations and X 96 sound configuration 97 beginning the installation 93 GUI installation method unavailable 94 mouse not detected
118. ry related For more information concerning signal 11 errors refer to http www bitwizard nl sig11 D 1 2 Are You Unable to Boot from a Network Boot Disk If you are experiencing difficulties in getting the network boot disk you made to boot your system correctly you may need an updated boot disk Check the online errata for updated diskette images if available and follow the instructions provided to make an updated boot disk for your system D 2 Trouble Beginning the Installation D 2 1 Is Your Mouse Not Detected If the Mouse Not Detected screen see Figure D 1 Mouse Not Detected appears then the installation program was not able to identify your mouse correctly You can choose to continue with the GUI installation or use the text mode installation which does not require using a mouse If you choose to continue with the GUI installation you will need to provide the installation program with your mouse configuration information see Figure 3 3 Mouse Configuration 94 Appendix D Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Linux Figure D 1 Mouse Not Detected House Not Detected Your mouse was not automatically detected To proceed in the graphical installation mode please proceed to the next screen and provide your mouse information You may also use text mode installation which does not require a mouse lt Tab gt lt Alt Tab gt between elements lt Space gt selects lt F12 next screen For an overvie
119. set it uses and the amount of video RAM it has Most PCI based cards are auto detected by the installation program e Your monitor the unit s make and model number along with allowable ranges for horizontal and vertical refresh rates Newer models may be auto detected by the installation program 4 1 3 Network related Information If you are connected to a network be sure you know the following e IP address usually represented as a set of four numbers separated by dots suchas 10 0 2 15 e Netmask another set of four numbers separated by dots an example netmask would be 255 255 248 0 Section 4 2 The Installation Program User Interface 69 e Gateway IP address another set of four dot separated numbers for example 10 0 2 254 e One or more name server IP addresses one or more sets of dot separated numbers for example 10 0 2 1 might be the address of a name server e Domain name the name your organization uses for example Red Hat has a domain name of redhat com e Hostname the name assigned to your individual system for example a computer might be named pooh Note The information provided here is as an example only Do not use it when you install Red Hat Linux If you do not know the proper values for your network ask your network administrator 4 2 The Installation Program User Interface The Red Hat Linux text mode installation program uses a screen based interface that includes
120. signed a drive letter The drive letters start with a C and move on to the following letters depending on the number of partitions to be labeled e The drive letter can then be used to refer to that partition as well as the filesystem contained on that partition Red Hat Linux uses a naming scheme that is more flexible and conveys more information than the approach used by other operating systems The naming scheme is file based with filenames in the form dev xxyN Here is how to decipher the partition naming scheme dev This string is the name of the directory in which all device files reside Since partitions reside on hard disks and hard disks are devices the files representing all possible partitions reside in dev XX The first two letters of the partition name indicate the type of device on which the partition resides You will normally see either hd for IDE disks or sd for SCSI disks Section E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts This letter indicates which device the partition is on For example dev hda the first IDE hard disk or dev sdb the second SCSI disk The final number denotes the partition The first four primary or extended partitions are num bered 1 through 4 Logical partitions start at 5 So for example dev hda3 is the third primary or extended partition on the first IDE hard disk and dev sdb 6 is the second logical partition on the second SCSI hard disk Note There is no part of this
121. software products on the market You will have to do some research to find the one that is best for your situation While the process of non destructive repartitioning is rather straightforward there are a number of steps involved e Compress existing data e Resize the existing partition e Create new partition s Let s take a look at each step in a bit more detail Compress existing data As Figure E 11 Disk Drive Being Compressed shows the first step is to compress the data in your existing partition The reason for doing this is to rearrange the data such that it maximizes the available free space at the end of the partition Section E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts 113 Figure E 11_ Disk Drive Being Compressed Before After This step is crucial Without it the location of your data could prevent the partition from being resized to the extent desired Note also that for one reason or another some data cannot be moved If this is the case and it severely restricts the size of your new partition s you may be forced to destructively repartition your disk Resize the existing partition Figure E 12 Disk Drive with Partition Resized shows the actual resizing process While the actual result of the resizing operation varies depending on the software used in most cases the newly freed space is used to create an unformatted partition of the same type as the original partition 114 Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Parti
122. t e lt A root partition of type Linux native e A lt swap gt partition of type Linux swap Tip When defining a partition s type as Linux swap you do not have to assign it a mount point Disk Druid automatically assigns the mount point for you D 3 3 Are You Seeing Python Errors During some upgrades or installations of Red Hat Linux the installation program also known as Anaconda may fail with a Python or traceback error This error may occur after the selection of individual packages or while trying to save the upgrade log in tmp The error may look similar to Traceback innermost last File var tmp anaconda 7 1 usr lib anaconda iw progress_gui py line 20 in run re self todo doInstall File var tmp anaconda 7 1 usr lib anaconda todo py line 1468 in doInstall self fstab savePartitions File fstab py line 221 in savePartitions sys exit 0 SystemExit 0 Local variables in innermost frame self lt fstab GuiFstab instance at 8446fe0 gt sys lt module sys built in gt ToDo object itodo ToDo pl dp2 96 Appendix D Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Linux S method p3 iimage CdromInstallMethod p4 dp5 S progressWindow p6 lt failed gt This error occurs in some systems where links to tmp are symbolic to other locations or have been changed since creation These symbolic or changed links are invalid during the installation process
123. taller automatically partition for you your installation C Manually partition with Disk Druid To partition manually choose C Manually partition with fdisk experts only eitherthe Disk Druidor fdisk recommended for experts only partitioning tool Use the Back button to choose a different installation or choose Next if you want to proceed with zi Hide Help Release Notes Section 3 9 Automatic Partitioning 3 9 Automatic Partitioning If you chose to manually partition using Disk Druid refer to Section 3 10 Partitioning Your System If you chose to manually partition using fdisk refer to Section 3 11 Partitioning with fdisk Figure 3 6 Automatic Partitioning Online Help Automatic Partitioning Automatic partitioning allows you to have some control concerning what data is removed if any from your system To remove only Linux partitions partitions created from a previous Linux installation select Remove ali Linux partitions To remove all partitions on your hard drive s this includes partitions created by other operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT 2000 select Remove all partitions To retain your current data and partitions assuming you have enough free space available on your hard drive s select Keep ali partitions and use existing free cenare Hide Help Release Notes fa Red Hat Linux Automatic Partitioning Before automatic partitioning can be set up by the inst
124. the partition information has already been written to disk You can also edit free space as represented in the graphical display to create a new partition within that space Either highlight the free space and then select the Edit button or double click on the free space to edit it Delete Used to remove the partition currently highlighted in the Current Disk Partitions section You will be asked to confirm the deletion of any partition Reset Used to restore Disk Druid to its original state All changes made will be lost if you Reset the partitions Make RAID Make RAID can be used if you want to provide redundancy to any or all disk parti tions It should only be used if you have experience using RAID To read more about RAID please refer to RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks in the Official Red Hat Linux Customiza tion Guide To make a RAID device you must first create software RAID partitions Once you have created two or more software RAID partitions select Make RAID to join the software RAID partitions into a RAID device 3 10 3 Partition Fields Above the partition hierarchy are labels which present information about the partitions you are creat ing The labels are defined as follows Device This field displays the partition s device name Start This field shows the sector on your hard drive where the partition begins End This field shows the sector on your hard drive where the partition ends Size This fi
125. the additional space provided by a larger drive created more clutter On the technical side some filesystems were never designed to support anything above a certain capacity Or the filesystems could support larger 103 104 Appendix E An Introduction to Disk Partitions drives with a greater capacity but the overhead imposed by the filesystem to track files became ex cessive The solution to this problem was to divide disks into partitions Each partition can be accessed as if it was a separate disk This is done through the addition of a partition table Note While the diagrams in this chapter show the partition table as being separate from the actual disk drive this is not entirely accurate In reality the partition table is stored at the very start of the disk before any filesystem or user data But for clarity we will keep it separate in our diagrams Figure E 5 Disk Drive with Partition Table I As Figure E 5 Disk Drive with Partition Table shows the partition table is divided into four sections Each section can hold the information necessary to define a single partition meaning that the partition table can define no more than four partitions Each partition table entry contains several important characteristics of the partition e The points on the disk where the partition starts and ends Section E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts e Whether the partition is active e The partition s type Let us take a cl
126. tion file formats can change so you should carefully compare your original configuration files to the new files before integrating your changes Note Some upgraded packages may require the installation of other packages for proper operation If you choose to customize your packages to upgrade you may be required to resolve dependency problems Otherwise the upgrade procedure takes care of these dependencies but it may need to install addi tional packages which are not on your system A 2 Upgrading Your System At this point you should have chosen Upgrade as your preferred installation type see Figure A 1 Choosing Install or Upgrade 80 Appendix A Upgrading Your Current System Figure A 1 Choosing Install or Upgrade Red Hat Linux Online Help Install Type 5 Ok Install Options v Install How do you want to install Red Hat gt Linux v workstation A full installation will destroy any aa previously saved information on the ga selected partitions vi Server System amp An upgrade will preserve existing Red Hat Linux system data SPA Custom Syste v Custom System If you want to perform a full installation you must choose the class or type of the installation O Your options are Workstation v Upgrade Server Laptop or Custom If you don t know which installation class you want read the following very carefully Note In addition to the installation methods menti
127. tions Figure E 12 Disk Drive with Partition Resized Before After It is important to understand what the resizing software you use does with the newly freed space so that you can take the appropriate steps In the case we have illustrated it would be best to simply delete the new DOS partition and create the appropriate Linux partition s Create new partition s As the previous step implied it may or may not be necessary to create new partitions However unless your resizing software is Linux aware it is likely you will need to delete the partition that was created during the resizing process Figure E 13 Disk Drive with Final Partition Configuration shows this being done Section E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts 115 Figure E 13 Disk Drive with Final Partition Configuration EECA Before Note The following information is specific to Intel based computers only As a convenience to Red Hat Linux users the DOS fips utility is included on the Red Hat Linux Ita nium CD 1 in the dosutils directory This is a freely available program that can resize FAT File Allocation Table partitions WARNING D Many people have successfully used fips to resize their hard drive par titions However because of the nature of the operations carried out by fips and the wide variety of hardware and software configurations un der which it must run Red Hat cannot guarantee that fips will work properly on your
128. tomization To let the installation program begin the upgrade process for you make sure Customize packages to be upgraded is not selected and click Next see Section A 6 Upgrading Packages To customize your upgrade packages select this option and then click Next Figure A 2 Upgrade Customization Online Help Upgrade Examine Upgrading the Red Hat Linux installation on partition dev hda2 Upgrading Your System Customize packages to be upgraded Once you have chosen to upgrade you can also decide whether you want to customize your packages If you do not want to select additional packages for upgrade click Next to continue To customize your packages select the Customize packages to be upgraded button and then click Next Hide Help Release Notes A 5 Selecting Packages to Upgrade On this screen you can choose which packages you would like to upgrade see Figure A 3 Individual Package Selection You can choose to view the individual packages in tree view or flat view Tree view allows you to see the packages grouped by application type Flat view allows you to see all of the packages in an alphabetical listing on the right of the screen 82 Appendix A Upgrading Your Current System Using Tree view you see a listing of package groups When you expand this list and pick one group the list of packages in that group appears in the panel on the right To sort alphabetically click on the Package tab To s
129. und configuration utility As root type sndconfig in a terminal window Note sndconfig must be run in runlevel 3 More information about runlevels can be found in the Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide in chapter Boot Process Init and Shutdown If the sndconfig application does not help you may need to select the Enable sound server startup option under the Multimedia gt Sound in the GNOME Control Center 97 98 Appendix D Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Linux To do this click on Panel gt Programs gt Settings gt GNOME Control Center to launch the GNOME Control Center In the GNOME Control Center select the Sound submenu of the Multimedia menu On the right a General sound menu will appear Select Enable sound server startup and then click OK Section E 1 Hard Disk Basic Concepts E An Introduction to Disk Partitions Disk partitions are a standard part of the personal computer landscape and have been for quite some time However with many people purchasing computers featuring preinstalled operating systems relatively few people understand how partitions work This chapter attempts to explain the reasons for and use of disk partitions so your Red Hat Linux installation will be as simple and painless as possible If you are reasonably comfortable with disk partitions you could skip ahead to Section E 1 4 Making Room For Red Hat Linux for more information on the process of freeing up disk space to
130. ur drives are IDE or SCSI If you have IDE drives you should check your computer s BIOS to see if you are accessing them in linear mode Please refer to your computer s documentation for the proper key sequence to access the BIOS Note that your computer s BIOS may refer to linear mode by other names such as large disk mode Again your computer s documentation should be consulted for clarification e Memory the amount of RAM installed in your computer e CD ROM most importantly the unit s interface type IDE SCSI or other interface and for non IDE non SCSI CD ROMs the make and model number IDE CD ROMs also known as AT API are the most common type of CD ROM in recently manufactured PC compatible computers e SCSI adapter if one is present the adapter s make and model number e Network card if one is present the card s make and model number e Mouse the mouse s type serial PS 2 or bus mouse protocol Microsoft Logitech Mouse Man etc and number of buttons also for serial mice the serial port it is connected to On many newer systems the installation program is able to automatically identify most hardware However it is a good idea to collect this information anyway just to be sure 4 1 2 Video Configuration If you will be installing the X Window System you should also be familiar with the following e Your video card the card s make and model number or the video chip
131. user name oP or amp Cancel You can also choose New to add a new user Enter the user s information and use the Add button to add the user to the account list You can also Edit or Delete the user accounts you have created and no longer want 3 17 Authentication Configuration If you are performing a workstation or server installation please skip ahead to Section 3 18 Package Group Selection You may skip this section if you will not be setting up network passwords If you do not know whether you should do this please ask your system administrator for assistance Unless you are setting up NIS authentication you will notice that only MD5 and shadow passwords are selected see Figure 3 15 Authentication Configuration We recommend you use both to make your machine as secure as possible To configure the NIS option you must be connected to an NIS network If you are not sure whether you are connected to an NIS network please ask your system administrator 51 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux Figure 3 15 Authentication Configuration Red Hat Linux Online Help Authentication Configuration fv Enable MD5 passwords Authentication IZ Enable shadow passwords Configuration Nis LDAP Kerberos 5 5me You can skip this section if you will I Enable NIS NIS Domain not be setting up network passwords If you are unsure ask your system administrator for assistance Unless you are setting up an NIS passwor
132. ut type for your keyboard for example U S English Disable dead keys Entering special characters such as N O and is done using dead keys or compose key Test your selection here sequences If you wish to use special characters requirins the z Hide Help Release Notes Dead Keys lt Back Section 3 5 Mouse Configuration 29 Tip To change your keyboard type after you have installed Red Hat Linux as root use the usr sbin kbdconfig command Alternatively you can type setup at the root prompt To become root type su at the shell prompt in a terminal window and then press Enter Then enter the root password and press Enter 3 5 Mouse Configuration Choose the correct mouse type for your system If you cannot find an exact match choose a mouse type that you are sure is compatible with your system see Figure 3 3 Mouse Configuration To determine your mouse s interface follow the mouse cable back to where it plugs into your system If the connector at the end of the mouse cable plugs into a rectangular connector you have a serial mouse if the connector is round you have a PS 2 mouse If you cannot find a mouse that you are sure is compatible with your system select one of the Generic entries based on your mouse s number of buttons and its interface 30 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux Figure 3 3 Mouse Configuration Red Hat Linux Online Help Mouse Configuration
133. utton choose the appropriate mount point for that partition from the pulldown menu and click on OK 42 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux 3 12 Network Configuration If you do not have a network card you will not see this screen Skip ahead to Section 3 13 Firewall Configuration If you have a network card and you have not already configured your networking you now have the opportunity as shown in Figure 3 9 Network Configuration If you have multiple devices you will see a tab for each device You may switch between devices for example between ethO and eth1 and the information you provide on each tab will be specific to each device Indicate if you would like to configure your IP address using DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol If you select Activate on boot your network interface will be started when you boot If you do not have DHCP client access or you are unsure what to provide here please contact your network administrator Next enter where applicable the IP Address Netmask Network and Broadcast addresses If you are unsure about any of these please contact your network administrator Figure 3 9 Network Configuration Red Hat Linux Online Help Network Configuration eno Configure using DHCP Network ma a I Activate on boot Configuration Choose your network card and Siege ag 92 168 0 1 whether you would like to Netmask 255 255 255 0 configure using DHCP If you have Network 192 168 0 2
134. w of text mode installation instructions please refer to Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode D 2 2 Problems with Booting into the Graphical Installation The Red Hat Linux installation program uses frame buffers by default However there are some video cards that will not work with this setting The end result will be a problem booting into the graphical installation program The installation program will first try to run in frame buffer mode If that fails it will try to run in a lower resolution mode If that still fails the installation program will run in text mode Video cards that will not run at 800 x 600 resolution should type lowres at the boot prompt to run the installation program in 640 x 480 resolution If this still does not work you can run the installation program without frame buffers by typing nofb at the boot prompt D 3 Trouble During the Installation D 3 1 Partition Creation Problems If you are having trouble creating a partition for example a root partition make sure you are setting its partition type to Linux Native Section D 3 Trouble During the Installation 95 D 3 2 Other Partitioning Problems If you are using Disk Druid to create partitions but cannot move to the next screen you probably have not created all the partitions necessary for Disk Druid s dependencies to be satisfied You must have the following partitions as a bare minimum e lt A boot efi partition of type vfa
135. x Components If you have purchased the Official Red Hat Linux boxed set you are ready to go However mistakes occasionally happen so now is a good time to double check the contents of your boxed set A black red and white Registration Information card is included in your boxed set A list of the contents of your boxed set version is on the back of the card Please read over the list and check to make sure that you have all the CDs and manuals that are included with the version of Red Hat Linux that you purchased If you have purchased the Official Red Hat Linux boxed set from Red Hat Inc or one of its distrib utors and you are missing one or more of the items listed please let us know Contact information is also available on the Registration Information card How to identify our official boxed set The bottom of our box has an ISBN number next to one of the bar codes That ISBN number should be in this form 1 58569 x y The x and y will be unique numbers Red Hat partners with companies international and domestic so that we can make Red Hat Linux available to you in the most convenient form Because of these partnerships you might find that your Red Hat Linux boxed set may not have been actually produced by Red Hat If your box has a different ISBN number or none at all you will need to contact the company that produced your boxed set Normally third party producers will include their logo and or contact infor mation o
136. x offers firewall protection for enhanced system security A firewall exists between your computer and the network and determines which resources on your computer remote users on the network can access A properly configured firewall can greatly increase the security of your system Choose the appropriate security level for your system Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux Figure 3 10 Firewall Configuration Red Hat Linux Online Help Firewall Configuration Please choose your security level z C High Medium C No firewall Firewall Configuration C Use default firewall rules Customize Red Hat Linux also offers you firewall protection for enhanced Trusted devices etho system security A firewall sits between your computer and the Allow incoming MM DHCP network and determines which SSH resources on your computer Telnet remote users on the network are WWW HTTP able to access A properly Mail SMTP configured firewall can greatly FIP increase the out of the box security of your system Other ports Choose the appropriate security level for your system High Security By choosing High Security your system will not accept connections that are not explicitly defined by you By default only the following connections are allowed DNS replies zi Hide Help Release Notes High If you choose High your system will not accept connections other than the default s
137. xt mode installation program or need a refresher on its user interface read the next sections To begin installation without further delay turn to Section 4 3 Starting the Installation Program 4 1 Things You Should Know Before attempting to install Red Hat Linux you should collect information about your system This information will help prevent any surprises during the installation You can find most of this informa tion in the documentation that came with your system or from the system s vendor or manufacturer The most recent list of supported hardware can be found at http hardware redhat com You should check your hardware against this list before proceeding Note You can perform a text mode installation of Red Hat Linux 7 2 by follow ing the instructions in this chapter However if you are installing from a CD ROM you might prefer to use the graphical installation mode which is easy to use and provides a flexible custom installation mode For more information on graphical installations turn to Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux 67 68 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode 4 1 1 Basic Hardware Configuration You should have a basic understanding of the hardware installed in your computer including the fol lowing e Hard drive s specifically the number size and type If you have more than one it is helpful to know which one is first second and so on It is also good to know if yo
138. your monitor and customize your X settings 3 23 1 Configuring Your Monitor If you chose to skip X configuration go to Section 3 24 Installation Complete Xconfigurator the X Window System configuration tool presents a list of monitors for you to choose from In the list you can either use the monitor that is autodetected for you or choose another monitor 61 62 Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux Figure 3 22 Monitor Selection Red Hat Linux Online Help Monitor Configuration a NEC MultiSync LCD2010X a NEC MultiSync LCD2110 NEC MultiSync LCD400 Monitor Selection NEC MultiSync LCD400V NEC MultiSync LT60 The installation program will now NEC MultiSync M500 attempt to detect your monitor to NEC MultiSync M700 determine your machine s best NEC MultiSync MT1000 display settings If the monitor NEC MultiSync MT610 cannot be detected choose the NEC MultiSync P1150 monitor that best matches the NEC MultiSync P1250 model attached to this computer NEC MultiSync P750 from the monitors listed MultiSync AE NEC XE15 You may also enter the horizontal NEC MultiSync XE17 and vertical synchronization ranges NEC MultiSync XE21 for your monitor These values can NEC MultiSync XP15 be found in the documentation for NEC MultiSync XP17 your display Be careful when NEC MultiSync XP21 entering these values if you enter NEC MultiSync XV14 values that fall outside the NEC MultiSyne XV15 NEC MultiSync XV15 NEC MultiSync XV17 XV1

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