RHCE 6

RHCE INSTALLATION

Minimum Hardware Requirements

		Minimum	Recommended
Processor		Pentium pro-I	Pentium III
RAM	Text	96MB	256MB
	GUI	128MB	512MB
Hard Disk Space	Text	1GB	As per requirement
	GUI	3GB	As per requirement

Setting the boot sequence:-

To start installation from DVD or CD we need to setup the BIOS 

                 First boot device          CD/DVD ROM

                 Second boot device      Hard disk

Installation:-

If the installation is done using DVD a single DVD is required.If the installation done using CDs then 5 CDs are required

Installation can be done in 2 modes

·         Graphical user interface(GUI) Mode

·         Text Mode

Installation steps

Insert the DVD or the first CD and restart the system

At "boot:" prompt press enter to start installation in GUI mode

·         Now the welcome screen will be appeared.

·         Click next and select the installation language as English

·         Click next and select keyboard as U.S.English .

·         Click next to select Basic storage device.

·         Click next and select Fresh installation.

·         Click next and enter the host name(for ex:-IT.example.com).

·          Click next and select the nearest time zone.

·         Click next and enter root password and confirm password

·         click next and select Use all space type of installation from the list appeared

·         click next ,then an pop-up window appeared .click on the write changes to disk on the writing storage configuration to disk

·         click next and select a different set of software that you required.by default installation of  RHEL is default installation.

·         Click next ,then the installation of packages will start.

·         After completion of packages installation click on reboot button.

·         After reboot welcome screen will be appeared ,click on forward button.

·         Now accept the license and click on forward button.

·          Now setup the software updates(inorder to setup we need a network connection)  and click forward button.

·         Now create a system user and click forward button.

·         Now setup the date and time then click on forward button

·         Now uncheck the enable kdumb and reboot the system

·         The installation process is completed.Now you can login as root with the password given during the installation.