Installing A Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 6.4 Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RD540 Operating System Installation Manual

To create a boot partition, do the following:
a. Click New.
b. On the Add Partition window, select /boot 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 swap partition
To create a swap partition, do the following:
a. Click New.
b. On the Add Partition window, select swap from the File System Type drop-down list box.
c. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Size field, and then click OK.
10. On the GRUB boot loader window, configure the settings as you need and then click Next.
11. On the Network Devices window, select the device that you want to activate when you start the server,
and then click Next.
12. Select your region and then click Next.
13. Set your root password and then click Next. The root account is for administrative use.
14. The default installation includes a set of software programs applicable for general Internet usage.
Select Customize later or Customize now to add additional software programs to your server, and
then click Next.
Note: If you select Customize now, you can select the desired software packages by clicking Optional
packages. Then, click Next.
15. Click Next to begin the installation process of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating system.
16. When the installation completes, remove the operating system installation disc from the optical drive,
and then click Reboot to restart your server.
17. The setup process continues after the server restarts. On the Welcome window, click Forward.
18. Click Yes, I agree to the License Agreement, and then click Forward.
19. On the Firewall window, check and configure the settings as you need, and then click Forward.
20. On the SELinux window, check and configure the settings as you need, and then click Forward.
21. On the Kdump window, configure the settings as you need, and then click Forward.
22. Set your time and date on the Date and Time window, and then click Forward.
23. On the Set Up Software Updates window, configure the settings as you need, and then click Forward.
24. On the Finish Update Setup window, click Forward.
25. Set your user name and password on the Create User window, and then click Forward.
26. When the Additional CDs window is displayed asking you if you need to install additional software
programs from a CD or DVD, depending on your needs, click Install to continue or click Finish to
complete the installation.
27. Enter your user name and password to log in to the operating system.

Installing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.4 operating system

This topic provides instructions on how to install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.4 (x64 or x86) operating
system.
Note: The maximum system memory for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.4 (x86) operating system is 16 GB.
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Chapter 2 Installing an operating system in Legacy mode
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