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29. In the Kdump window, select Enable kdump if desired, and then click Forward.
Note: Kdump is a kernel crash dumping mechanism.
30. Set your time and date in the Date and Time window, and then click Forward.
31. In the Set Up Software Updates window, make sure that the network connection on your server works,
and then click Forward.
32. Set your user name and password in the Create User window, and then click Forward.
33. In the Sound Card window, click Forward.
34. When the Additional CDs window opens asking you if you need to install additional software programs
from a CD/DVD, depending on your needs, click Install to continue or click Finish to complete the
installation.
Installing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 operating system
This topic provides instructions on how to install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 operating system (32-bit
or 64-bit).
To install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 operating system (32-bit or 64-bit), do the following:
Notes:
• Ensure that you have prepared all the required items before installing an operating system. See "Before
installing an operating system" on page 1.
• Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic.
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
2. When the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installation welcome window opens, type linux dd after boot:,
and then press Enter.
3. When a dialogue box opens asking you if you have a driver disk, select Yes, and then press Enter.
4. When a dialogue box opens asking you if you want to check the installation media, depending on your
needs, select OK to do the check or select Skip to skip the check.
5. When the RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 installation window opens, click Next.
6. Select the language that you want to use during the installation, and then click Next.
7. Select the appropriate keyboard for the system, and then click Next.
8. When a window opens prompting you to type the installation number, type it or click Skip. The
installation number enables the automatic installation of some software programs such as the storage
clustering programs and the virtualization programs. For more information about the installation number
and how to get it, go to http://www.redhat.com/InstNum/. You also can skip this step and manually
install the software programs later.
9. A window opens prompting you to partition your hard disk drive. By default, a partition is already
selected for you to install the operating system. If you want to manually create a partition, select one
of the following:
• Remove all partitions on selected drives and create default layout
• Remove Linux partitions on selected drives and create default layout
• Use free space on selected drives and create default layout
• Create custom layout
Note: The following steps are based on the scenario that Create custom layout is selected in this step.
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