Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RS140 Installation Manual

d. Click Add mount point.
e. Change Device Type to Standard Partition.
• Manually create a boot partition (/boot)
a. In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner.
b. In the Add a New Mount Point window, select /boot from the Mount Point drop-down list.
c. Type the amount of space (for example, 2 GB) in the Desired Capacity field.
d. Click Add mount point.
• Manually create a swap partition
a. In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner.
b. In the Add a New Mount Point window, select swap from the Mount Point drop-down list.
c. Type the amount of space (for example, 2 GB) in the Desired Capacity field.
d. Click Add mount point.
Verify that the created drive partition is correct and click Done. In the Summary of Changes window,
click Accept Changes.
8. In the Installation Summary window, click Begin Installation to start installing the operating system.
9. In the Configuration window, click Root Password to set the root password.
10. When file copying is completed, click Reboot.
11. In the Initial Setup window, click License Information.
12. Select I accept the license agreement and click Done.
13. In the Initial Setup window, click Finish Configuration.
14. In the Welcome window, select a required language (for example, English) and click Next.
15. In the Typing window, select a specific language type (for example, English US) and click Next.
16. In the Time Zone window, set the time zone and click Next.
17. In the Online Accounts window, select your desired online account.
Note: Online Accounts is optional. Click Skip if you do not want to select an online account.
18. In the About You window, set the user name and click Next.
19. In the Password window, set the password and click Next.
Note: The password is optional. Click Next if you do not want to set a password.
20. In the Ready to Go window, click Start using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server.
Note: By default, the local account is used to log in to the operating system for the first time. Log out
and use the root account to log in to the operating system again.

Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 operating system

This topic provides instructions on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 (x64) operating system.
To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 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, and start the server from the optical drive.
2. In the Welcome window, select Install RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.4 and press Enter.
3. When "What language would you like to ..." is displayed, select a required language (for example,
English) and click Continue.
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