Linux Operating System Installation; Installing The Operating System - Sun Microsystems Fire X4150 Installation Manual

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Linux Operating System Installation

This chapter contains information about installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(RHEL), SUSE Enterprise Linux System (SLES) and Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)
operating systems and system-specific drivers onto your server.
This chapter includes the following sections:
"Installing the Operating System" on page 43
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"Installing the System-Specific Drivers" on page 51
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"Running Update Utilities" on page 55
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Installing the Operating System

This document provides an overview of the Linux OS installation process, and is not
meant be a comprehensive source of information for installing a Linux OS. This
section provides installation methods and tasks for installing a supported version of
Linux on your server.
This section contains the following sections:
"OS Installation Overview" on page 44
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"OS Installation Methods" on page 45
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"Installing Linux Using Sun Installation Assistant" on page 45
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"Installing Linux Using Local CD/DVD Drive" on page 46
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"Installing Linux Using PXE" on page 46
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"Installing Linux Using Remote KVMS Over IP With Virtual CD/DVD" on
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