Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux; The Graphical Installation Program User Interface; The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 - INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR IBM S-390 AND IBM ESERVER ZSERIES Installation Manual

Chapter 2.

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

This chapter explains how to perform a Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation using the
graphical, mouse-based installation program. The following topics are discussed:
• Becoming familiar with the installation program's user interface
• Starting the installation program
• Selecting an installation method
• Configuration steps during the installation (language, keyboard, mouse, partitioning, etc.)
• Finishing the installation

1. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface

If you have used a graphical user interface (GUI) before, you are already familiar with this
process; use your mouse to navigate the screens, click buttons, or enter text fields.
You can also navigate through the installation using the keyboard. The Tab key allows you to
move around the screen, the Up and Down arrow keys to scroll through lists, + and - keys
expand and collapse lists, while Space and Enter selects or removes from selection a
highlighted item. You can also use the Alt-
buttons or making other screen selections, where
appearing within that screen.

2. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux text mode installation program uses a screen-based interface that
includes most of the on-screen widgets commonly found on graphical user interfaces.
Figure 2.1, "Installation Program Widgets as seen in Boot Loader
Figure 2.2, "Installation Program Widgets as seen in Disk
appear during the installation process.
Note
While text mode installations are not explicitly documented, those using the text
mode installation program can easily follow the GUI installation instructions.
key command combination as a way of clicking on
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