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Installing Red Hat*
Enterprise Linux 4.4*
Intel® Server Board S5000PAL
Recipe ID: 15RHAT250000000013-04
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Contents Pass-Through Certification...............................................................................................4 Red Hat Linux Pass-Through Hardware Requirements......................................................................................................................4 Reseller Steps to Receive Pass-Thru OS Certification...................................................................
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Deleting a Partition.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................34 x86 and Intel® 64 Boot Loader Configuration ...........................................................................................................................................
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Pass-Through Certification Pass-Through Certification refers to the ability for third-party systems to be granted the same certification status as models previously certified by Intel Corporation. Currently, Pass-Through Certification is only available to vendors who purchase Intel server boards and/or systems and Red Hat* Ready Business Partner, Advanced & Premier Program with Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Linux Pass-Throu
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Hardware Components (Configuration 1) Quantity Item Version/Model Notes 1 Intel Server Board S5000PAL S5000PAL 1 Intel® Server Chassis SR1500 (1U) 2 Intel® Xeon® processors Please refer to the Qualified and Supported Processor List for Intel® Server Board S5000PAL at http://www.intel.com/support/m otherboards/server/sb/CS- 022346.htm 8 Memory 16GB (8x2GB) Please refer to the Tested Memory List for Intel® Se
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL 1 SAS 2 RAID 0 1 SAS 3 RAID 0 1 CD-ROM Installed I/O Module NIC I/O Embedded 7.0.27 Table 1 – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Configuration Hardware (Configuration 1) (Configuration 2) Quantity Item Version/Model Notes 1 Intel Server Board S5000PAL S5000PAL 1 Intel® Server Chassis SR1500 (1U) 2 Intel® Xeon® processors Please refer to the Qualified and Supported Processor List for Intel® Server Boar
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Quantity Item Version/Model Notes http://support.intel.com/sup port/motherboards/server/s b/CS-025416.htm SAS 2x73GB SAS SAS 0 RAID 1 SAS 1 RAID 1 SAS 2 RAID 0 SAS 3 RAID 0 CD-ROM Installed I/O Module 1064e SAS I/O Embedded mptsas Table 2 – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Configuration Hardware (Configuration 2) 7
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL (Configuration 3) Quantity Item Model/Version Notes 1 Intel Server Board S5000PAL S5000PAL 1 Intel® Server Chassis SR1500 (1U) 2 Intel® Xeon® processors Any Supported Please refer to the Qualified and Supported Processor List for Intel® Server Board S5000PAL at http://www.intel.com/support/m otherboards/server/sb/CS- 022346.htm RAM 16GB (8x2GB) Please refer to the Tested Memory List for Intel® Server Board
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Software Used in the Installation Dist. By Description File Name Red Hat Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Update 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (sku# - IPP) Table 4 - Software Bill of Materials Development Tools (Optional) Product Description Where to Buy Intel® C++ The compiler automatically http://www3.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo- Compilers for optimizes and parallelizes na/eng/compilers/278609.htm LINUX softw
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Installation This section explains how to perform a Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation from the CD-ROM, using the graphical, mouse-based installation program. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface If you have used a graphical user interface (GUI) before, you are already familiar with this process; use your mouse to navigate the screens, click buttons, or enter text field
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL These virtual consoles can be helpful if you encounter a problem while installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Messages displayed on the installation or system consoles can help pinpoint a problem. Refer to Table 5-1 for a listing of the virtual consoles, keystrokes used to switch to them, and their contents. Generally, there is no reason to leave the default console (virtual console #7 for graphical installations) unless
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface The Red Hat Enterprise Linux text mode installation program uses a screen-based interface that includes most of the on-screen widgets commonly found on graphical user interfaces. Figures 4-1, and Figure 4-2, illustrate the screens that appear during the installation process. Note: While text mode installations are not explicitly documented, those using the text mode
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL The list of the most important widgets shown in Figure 4-1 and Figure 4-2: • Window — Windows (usually referred to as dialogs in this manual) appear on your screen throughout the installation process. At times, one window may overlay another; in these cases, you can only interact with the window on top. When you are finished in that window, it disappears, allowing you to continue working in the window underneath. •
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL [Enter]. To select an item with a checkbox, move the cursor to the checkbox and press [Space] to select an item. To deselect, press [Space] a second time. Pressing [F12] accepts the current values and proceeds to the next dialog; it is equivalent to pressing the OK button. Caution: Unless a dialog box is waiting for your input, do not press any keys during the installation process (doing so may result in unpredictabl
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Tip: To change your BIOS settings on an x86 or Intel® 64 system, watch the instructions provided on your display when your computer first boots. A line of text appears, telling you which key to press to enter the BIOS settings. 3) Once you have entered your BIOS setup program, find the section where you can alter your boot sequence. The default is often C, A or A, C (depending on whether you boot from your hard drive [
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Note: Refer to Appendix A “Additional Boot Options” for additional boot options not covered in this section. 1) To perform a text mode installation, at the installation boot prompt, type: linux text 2) ISO images have an md5sum embedded in them. To test the checksum integrity o f an ISO image, at the installation boot prompt, type: linux mediacheck 3) The installation program prompts you to insert a CD or select
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL 2) For text mode installations, use: linux text mem=128M With most computers, there is no need to pass this argument to the kernel. The kernel detects the amount of memory your system has in most cases. However, using this command is often helpful for testing purposes. For example, you can boot with less memory by passing a linux mem=64M or linux text mem=64M option to the kernel. 3) After entering any options, pres
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL 2) The installation program then probes your system and attempts to identify your CD-ROM drive. It starts by looking for an IDE (also known as an ATAPI) CD-ROM drive. If found, continue to the next stage of the installation process (refer to the Language Selection section). Note: To abort the installation process at this time, reboot your machine and then eject the boot media. You can safely cancel the installation at a
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Installing from a Hard Drive 1) The Select Partition screen applies only if you are installing from a disk partition (that is, if you selected Hard Drive in the Installation Method dialog). This dialog allows you to name the disk partition and directory from which you are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Figure 4-3 Selecting Partition Dialog for Hard Drive Installation 2) Enter the device name of the partition c
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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Intel® Server Board S5000PAL 2) Enter the domain name or IP address of your NFS server. For example, if you are installing from a host named eastcoast in the domain example.com, enter eastcoast.example.com in the NFS Server field. 3) Next, enter the name of the exported directory. Figure 4-4 NFS Dialog Setup 4) If the NFS server is exporting a mirror of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation tree, enter the directory which contains the R
