Chapter 2 Steps To Get You Started; Checking For Additional Hardware-Specific Documentation; Where To Find Other Red Hat Linux Manuals; Iseries Hardware Preparation For Installation - Red Hat LINUX 7.1 - ISERIES Manual

Section 2.3:iSeries Hardware Preparation for Installation
2 Steps to Get You Started
Before you install Red Hat Linux, you will need to perform the following steps:
2.1 Checking For Additional Hardware-Specific
Documentation
The installation process assumes basic familiarity with the IBM iSeries platform and makes
reference to IBM's Configuring Linux in a Guest Partition.
that you have read the Configuring Linux in a Guest Partition document ( http://publib.boul-
der.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v5r1/ic2924/info/rzalm/rzalmlinuxkickoff.htm) in its entirety.
2.1.1 Additional Resources
For more information on iSeries hardware, refer to the following resources.
Useful Websites
• Configuring Linux
der.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v5r1/ic2924/info/rzalm/rzalmlinuxkickoff.htm
• Linux for iSeries — http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/linux/

2.2 Where to Find Other Red Hat Linux Manuals

If your particular boxed set did not include all of the printed Red Hat Linux manuals, you can find
them online or on the Red Hat Linux Documentation CD.
To find the manuals in both HTML and PDF formats online, visit http://www.redhat.com/sup-
port/manuals.

2.3 iSeries Hardware Preparation for Installation

In order to prepare your iSeries system for installation, you should follow the instructions in the Plan-
ning to run Linux on a logical partition and Creating a logical partition to run Linux sections of the
Configuring Linux in a Guest Partition document.
The virtual LAN interface may be configured for DHCP or a static IP address. Consult your OS/400
command documentation for information on configuring the OS/400 facilities. The partition may be
configured for IPL type A, B, or *NWSSTG. If IPL type *NWSSTG is used, a 4 MB PReP Boot
(primary, active) partition is required on the first virtual disk.
in a Guest
In general, this section assumes
Partition — http://publib.boul-
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