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Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... i
1. Document Conventions.......................................................................................................... i
2. How to Use This Manual .....................................................................................................iii
2.1. We Need Feedback! .............................................................................................. iv
3. Accessibility Solutions ........................................................................................................ iv
1. Itanium System Specific Information............................................................................................ 1
1.1. Itanium System Installation Overview............................................................................... 1
1.2. Itanium Systems - The EFI Shell .................................................................................... 1
1.2.1. Itanium Systems - EFI Device Names ............................................................. 1
1.2.2. Itanium Systems - EFI System Partition .......................................................... 2
2. Steps to Get You Started................................................................................................................. 3
2.1. Where to Find Other Manuals............................................................................................ 3
2.2. Registering Your Product ................................................................................................... 3
2.3. Is Your Hardware Compatible?.......................................................................................... 3
2.4. Do You Have Enough Disk Space?.................................................................................... 4
2.5. Can You Install Using the CD-ROM?................................................................................ 4
2.5.1. Alternative Boot Methods................................................................................... 4
2.5.2. Making an Installation Boot CD-ROM............................................................... 6
2.5.3. Making an Installation Boot Diskette ................................................................. 6
2.6. Preparing for a Network Installation.................................................................................. 8
2.6.1. Using ISO Images for NFS Installs .................................................................... 9
2.7. Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation............................................................................ 10
3. System Requirements Table ......................................................................................................... 11
4. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux........................................................................................... 13
4.1. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface ......................................................... 13
4.1.1. A Note about Virtual Consoles ......................................................................... 13
4.2. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface ....................................................... 14
4.2.1. Using the Keyboard to Navigate ....................................................................... 16
4.3. Starting the Installation Program ..................................................................................... 16
4.3.2. Booting the Installation Program on Itanium Systems ..................................... 18
4.3.3. Additional Boot Options ................................................................................... 18
4.4. Selecting an Installation Method ..................................................................................... 20
4.5. Installing from CD-ROM................................................................................................. 21
4.5.1. What If the IDE CD-ROM Was Not Found? .................................................... 21
4.6. Installing from a Hard Drive ............................................................................................ 22
4.7. Performing a Network Installation................................................................................... 23
4.8. Installing via NFS ............................................................................................................ 23
4.9. Installing via FTP............................................................................................................. 24
4.10. Installing via HTTP........................................................................................................ 25
4.11. Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux .......................................................................... 25
4.12. Language Selection........................................................................................................ 26
4.13. Keyboard Configuration................................................................................................. 26
4.14. Mouse Configuration ..................................................................................................... 27
4.15. Disk Partitioning Setup .................................................................................................. 28
4.16. Automatic Partitioning................................................................................................... 29
4.17. Partitioning Your System ............................................................................................... 31
4.17.1. Graphical Display of Hard Drive(s)................................................................ 32
4.17.2. Disk Druid's Buttons ..................................................................................... 33
4.17.3. Partition Fields ................................................................................................ 33
4.17.4. Recommended Partitioning Scheme ............................................................... 34
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