Installing A Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 5.9 Operating System And Drivers - Lenovo ThinkServer RD540 Operating System Installation Manual

• For instructions on how to install the driver for an onboard graphics card, see "Installing the driver for an
onboard graphics card" on page 16.
• For instructions on how to install the driver for an HBA card, see "Installing the driver for an HBA card"
on page 16.
• For instructions on how to install the driver for a CNA card, see "Installing the driver for a CNA card"
on page 17.

Installing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.9 operating system and drivers

This topic provides instructions on how to install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.9 (x64 or x86) operating
system and drivers.
Notes:
• The maximum system memory for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.9 (x86) operating system is 16 GB.
• The drivers for the Ethernet card, onboard graphics card, HBA card, and CNA card are installed during the
operating system installation.
To install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.9 (x64 or x86) operating system, do the following:
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
2. When the welcome window is displayed, press Enter.
3. On the CD Found window, depending on your needs, select OK to begin the installation media test or
select Skip to skip the media test and start the installation. Press Enter.
4. When the installation window is displayed, click Next.
5. Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Next.
6. Select the appropriate keyboard layout for the system and click Next.
7. When prompted to type the installation number, type your installation number in the Installation
Number field and then click OK. The installation number enables the automatic installation of some
software programs such as the storage clustering programs and the virtualization programs.
Notes:
• Click Yes if a warning message is displayed.
• When the Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server window is displayed, configure the options as you
need and press Enter. The following steps are based on the scenario that Install Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Server is selected in this step.
8. When you are prompted to partition your hard disk drive, select the option as you need and then
click Next.
Note: The following steps are based on the scenario that Create custom layout is selected in this step.
9. Create a partition as you need and then click Next.
• Manually create a root partition (/)
To create a root partition, do the following:
a. Click New.
b. On the Add Partition window, select / from the Mount Point drop-down list box.
c. Select ext3 from the File System Type drop-down list box.
d. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Size field, and then click OK.
• Manually create a boot partition (/boot)
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