Which Installation Class Is Best For You - Red Hat LINUX 7.1 - ISERIES Manual

Section 2.5:Which Installation Class is Best For You?
If you are not sure that you meet these conditions, or if you want to know how to create free disk space
for your Red Hat Linux installation, please refer to the partitioning appendix in the Official Red Hat
Linux Reference Guide. Sections relating to LILO and Intel-specific BIOS issues can be ignored.

2.5 Which Installation Class is Best For You?

Usually, Red Hat Linux is installed on its own disk partition or set of partitions, or over another instal-
lation of Linux.
Installing Red Hat Linux over another installation of Linux (including
Red Hat Linux) does not preserve any information (files or data) from
a prior installation. Make sure you save any important files! If you are
installing this way, and you want to preserve the current data, refer to
Appendix C, Re-installation of Red Hat Linux and Preserving Existing
Data.
For the iSeries platforms, Red Hat Linux provides three different classes, or types, of installations:
Workstation
A workstation-class installation is most appropriate for a desktop system user. This option is
not recommended for iSeries systems.
Server
A server-class installation is most appropriate for you if you would like your system to function
as a Linux-based server, and you do not want to heavily customize your system configuration.
The server-class installation is the preferred type of installation for iSeries systems.
Custom
A custom-class installation allows you the greatest flexibility during your installation. You
choose your partitioning scheme, which packages you want and more. Custom-class installa-
tions are most appropriate for those users more familiar with Red Hat Linux installations.
These classes give you the option of simplifying the installation process (with some potential for loss
of configuration flexibility), or retaining flexibility with a slightly more complex installation process.
Next, take a detailed look at each class, so you can see which one is right for you.
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