Installing On Intel® And Amd Systems; The Graphical Installation Program User Interface - Red Hat ENTREPRISE LINUX 5 Installation Manual

Chapter 4.
Installing on Intel® and AMD Systems
This chapter explains how to perform a Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation from the DVD/CD-ROM,
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

4.1. 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+X key command combination as a way of clicking on buttons or making other screen
selections, where X is replaced with any underlined letter appearing within that screen.
Note
If you are using an x86, AMD64, or Intel® 64 system, and you do not wish to use the GUI
installation program, the text mode installation program is also available. To start the text
mode installation program, use the following command at the boot: prompt:
linux text
Section 4.3, "The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface"
Refer to
overview of text mode installation instructions.
It is highly recommended that installs be performed using the GUI installation program.
The GUI installation program offers the full functionality of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
installation program, including LVM configuration which is not available during a text mode
installation.
Users who must use the text mode installation program can follow the GUI installation
instructions and obtain all needed information.
Note
If you are using an Itanium system, and you do not wish to use the GUI installation
program, the text mode installation program is also available. To start the text mode
installation program, type the following command at the EFI Shell prompt:
for a brief
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