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Installing Red Hat Linux 9.0
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Changing Boot Priority: By Pressing [DEL] at the time of booting
you can enter into CMOS setup. set the first boot priority option to CD- ROM
and save it .Restart the system. |
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Now,
insert disc 1 of the Linux O.S. to start installation. Since , it is a
bootable cd. System will directly start Linux setup. |
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To start in the graphical mode, Press [ENTER]. |
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Skip the media check. Press Continue. |
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Choose the language : US English & Click Next. |
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Keyboard : US English .. Click Next. |
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Mouse
Detection: (Auto detected) Click Next |
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Install type : New / Upgrade .Choose new installation. : personal
desktop / Workstation / Server / Custom. Choose anyone according to our
application. |
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Partitioning Hard drives : Choose manually partition with disk druid option. |
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see for free space available (min. 3GB) .if the free space is not available
[DELETE] any partition on which you want to install Linux. |
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ii) Click [NEW] to make new partitions. |
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iii) Create a SWAP partition [choose SWAP in
file type option in new menu tab] .. allocate space double to that of your
RAM. |
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iv) Now, in mount point tab in new menu
option, allocate the space>=3 GB. here, set the file type Ext3.
..Click fill upto ____ MB. if any error occurs click continue anyway. |
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v) click next. |
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Boot Loader : Set boot loader GRUB (
Default one ). click next. |
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Network Configuration : if you have LAN
or NIC card. you can configure or just skip this step. we can configure it
after installtion. |
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Firewall Configuration : set High -
Internet; Medium - LAN, TCP/ IP; No firewall - LAN, standalone PC. |
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Language Support : Choose default US English +
Extra as needed. like English [India], Hindi, Marathi, Telgu. |
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Time Zone : Choose default ( Asia / Culcutta). |
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Set root Password. |
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Enable shadow & MD5 Passwords. |
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Select Packages : click details to add more
packages. |
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Click Next to begin installation. for
installation typically it takes 30-60 minutes. |
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Creating boot disk : insert a floppy to make a
bootable disk. |
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Configure Video H/W : if your video card is
not detected properly, select it from the list or click next. |
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Monitor Configuration : if your monitor is not
detected, search in the list and click next. if it is not in the list
,choose the default probed monitor type. |
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X Configuration (Color & Resolution ) : set it
24 bit or 32 bit color scheme. and 800x600 or 1024x864 resolution.(
automatically detected...default ). |
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finish or exit and restart the system. |
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POST
INSTALLATIONS :
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A welcome screen appears. |
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Click next to continue and
complete the configuration. |
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To create another user. give
username and password. this is a restricted user account. |
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MOUNTING AND UNMOUNTING FILE
SYSTEM :
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To
access the VFAT (FAT32) partitions on windows, you have to mount it
firstly.
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In [
/mnt ] directory ,first make the directories in according with the volume
label and the no. of partitions on windows.
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edit
the fstab file [ /etc/fstab ] as below .save this file and restart the
computer.
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/dev/hda1
/mnt/driveC vfat auto
defaults 0 0 |
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/dev/hda2
/mnt/driveD vfat auto
defaults 0 0 |
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