It can be a little intimidating to see a thick chapter on installation. But the truth is, if you have
a little bit of experience with computer and a computer with common hardware, you can probably
install red hat linux pretty easily. The Procedure in this section will get you going quickly if you have.
Linux Install Minimum Configured
==>A Pentium-class PC (at least 200 MHz)with a built-in, bootable CD-ROM drive, at least
64MB of RAM (for text mode)or 128MB of RAM (foe GUI mode). You need at least
475MB of free hard disk space for a Minimum custom install, at least 1.7GB of hard disk
space for a personal desktop install,at least 2.1GB of free space for a workstation install,
and at least 850MB for a server install. (The Minimum install is configured to be used as a
Linux firewall and /or router.)A custom "Everything" install requires at least 5GB of Disk space.
For this quick procedure, you must either be dedicating your entire hard disk to Linux, have a
preconfigured Linux partition,or have sufficient free space on your hard disk outside any
existing Windows partition.
CAUTION: If you are not dedicating your whole hard to Red Hat Linux and you don’t Understand Partitioning; skip to the “Detailed Installation Instructions” section in thisi site. That section describes choices for having both Linux and Windows on the same computer. |
Here's how you get started:
- Insert Red Hat Linux installation CD #1 info your computer's CD-ROM drive.
- Reboot your computer.
- When you see the installation screen, press Enter to begin the installation.
connections. After you have completed each answer,click Next. The following list describes
the information you will need to enter.(If you need help, all of these topics are explained later
in this site http://linuxinforhel.blogspot.com/)
- Media Check - Optionally check each CD to be sure it is not damaged or corrupted.
- Language - Choose your language.
- Mouse - Identify the type of mouse you are using.
- Upgrade? - If you have an earlier version of Rad Hat Linux installed, you can choose Upgrade to upgrade your system without losing data files. Otherwise,you can continue with a new installation.
- Install type - Choose a configuration, such as Personal Desktop (For laptop, home or desktop use), Workstation (Desktop plus software development), Server (File, print, Web, and other server software),or custom (adds selected Linux Packages, minimum,or Everything installs).
- Partitions - Either have rad Hat Linux automatically choose your partitions or manually partitions yourself (with Disk Druid). With Automatic, you can choose to remove Linux partitions, all partitions,of no partitions (and use existing free space). Because repartitioning can result in lost data. I recommend that you refer to descriptions on repartitioning your hard disk later in this chapter.
- Disk Druid - Whether you choose Automatic or Manual partitioning, Disk Druid appears onscreen to let you review or change the partitions.
- Boot Loader - Add the GRUB boot manager to control the boot process.(GRUB is described later in this Web-Site.(www.linuxinfo.in))
- Network configuration - Set up your LAN connection (Not dial-up), You can simply Choose to get addresses using DHCP, or you can manually enter your computer's IP address, net mask,host name,default gateway, and DNS server. You can also indicate whether to activate your network when Linux boots.
- Firewall - Choose a default firewall configuration. Select High if you plan to connect to the Internet but don;t plan to use Linux as a server. Select Medium to allow a select Group of services. Choose Custom if you want to offer particular services to the network. Select No Firewall only if you are connected to a trusted network, with on connection to a public network.
- Language Support - Choose to install support for additional languages.
- Time Zone - Identify the time zone in which you are Located.
- Root Password - Add the root user account Password.
- Authentication - Choose whether to use encrypted or shadow password. You can instead choose to use a network-based authentication scheme, including the following: NIS , LDAP, Kerberos 5, or SMB. (These methods require special configurations.)
- Packages - Select to accept the current package list (For the install type you chose) or customize it. For custom installations, choose groups of software packages to install, choose Everything, or Minimum (You can also choose separate packages if you link.)
- Installing Packages - To this point, you can quit the install process without having written anything to disk. When you select Next, the disk is formatted (as you choose) and selected pachages are installed.
- Boot Disk - Create a boot disk (Optional, but recommended)