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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 
Installation Guide for x86,Itanium™, AMD64, and Intel® Extended Memory 64Technology (Intel® EM64T)
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: Installation Guide for x86, Itanium™, AMD64, and Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel® EM64T)
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................i
1. Document Conventions..........................................................................................................i2. How to Use This Manual.....................................................................................................iii2.1. We Need Feedback!..............................................................................................iv3. Accessibility Solutions........................................................................................................iv
1. Itanium System Specific Information............................................................................................1
1.1. Itanium System Installation Overview...............................................................................11.2. Itanium Systems — The EFI Shell....................................................................................11.2.1. Itanium Systems — EFI Device Names.............................................................11.2.2. Itanium Systems — EFI System Partition..........................................................2
2. Steps to Get You Started.................................................................................................................3
2.1. Where to Find Other Manuals............................................................................................32.2. Is Your Hardware Compatible?..........................................................................................32.3. Do You Have Enough Disk Space?....................................................................................32.4. Can You Install Using the CD-ROM?................................................................................42.4.1. Alternative Boot Methods...................................................................................42.4.2. Making an Installation Boot CD-ROM...............................................................42.5. Preparing for a Network Installation..................................................................................52.5.1. Using ISO Images for NFS Installs....................................................................62.6. Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation..............................................................................7
3. System Requirements Table...........................................................................................................94. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux...........................................................................................11
4.1. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface.........................................................114.1.1. A Note about Virtual Consoles.........................................................................124.2. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface.......................................................124.2.1. Using the Keyboard to Navigate.......................................................................144.3. Starting the Installation Program.....................................................................................144.3.1. Booting the Installation Program on x86, AMD64, and Intel® EM64T Systems144.3.2. Booting the Installation Program on Itanium Systems.....................................154.3.3. Additional Boot Options...................................................................................164.4. Selecting an Installation Method.....................................................................................184.5. Installing from CD-ROM.................................................................................................194.5.1. What If the IDE CD-ROM Was Not Found?....................................................194.6. Installing from a Hard Drive............................................................................................204.7. Performing a Network Installation...................................................................................204.8. Installing via NFS............................................................................................................204.9. Installing via FTP.............................................................................................................214.10. Installing via HTTP........................................................................................................224.11. Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux..........................................................................234.12. Language Selection........................................................................................................234.13. Keyboard Configuration.................................................................................................244.14. Disk Partitioning Setup..................................................................................................254.15. Automatic Partitioning...................................................................................................264.16. Partitioning Your System...............................................................................................284.16.1. Graphical Display of Hard Drive(s)................................................................304.16.2.
Disk Druid
’s Buttons.....................................................................................304.16.3. Partition Fields................................................................................................314.16.4. Recommended Partitioning Scheme...............................................................314.16.5. Adding Partitions............................................................................................334.16.6. Editing Partitions............................................................................................354.16.7. Deleting a Partition.........................................................................................35
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