Lesson 21– INSTALLING LINUX IN A SERVER CONFIGURATION

Before the installation

Installing Red Hat Linux

OVERVIEW

Hardware

Server design

Design decision

Physical safety of servers

Improve server situation

Uptime

Dual-Booting issues

Methods of installation

BEFORE THE INSTALLATION

Hardware Compatibility List (HCL):

Red Hat

http://www.redhat.com/hardware

Caldera

www.calderasystems.com/products/openlinux/hardware.html

Hardware

Significant issues:

Stability

Availability

Performance

Server design

The most significant design decision to make when

managing a server configuration is not technical, but

administrative.

The server designed should have a good environment.

Design decision

Server design should not be user friendly:

No multimedia tools.

No sound card support.

No distracting web browsers.

Design decision

Physical safety of servers

Keep servers in a separate, physically secure room.

Restrict server access for non-administrative personnel

only through the Network.

Install a battery backup.

Improve server situation

Avoid starting X Window until required.

Determine what functions you want the server to

perform and disable the other functions.

Linux allows tailoring of the kernel.

Uptime command provides:

Duration of the system since its last boot.

Number of users currently logged in.

Load the system is experiencing.

Uptime

Dual-Booting issues

Windows 95 or Windows 98 – use the fips.exe.

Windows NT – move some of the data around manually to

free a partition.

Dual-Booting issues

To repartition a system that has already had Windows

9x/NT installed onto it –use third party software like

“Partition Magic”.

Methods of installation

Network

CD-ROM

For more information

Call the distribution’s tech support lines.

www.linuxcare.com

www.redhat.com

www.caldera.com

comp.os.linux.admin

http://www.deja.com.

http://www.linuxdoc.org

INSTALLING RED HAT LINUX

Creating a Boot Disk

Starting the installation

Creating a Boot Disk

Select Start, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt.

Change to the drive where the CD-ROM is located.

Select the dosutils directory.

Execute the rawrite.exe program.

Starting the installation

Steps:

Boot off the CD-ROM.

Press ENTER to start the process.

Starting the installation

Choose a language.

Starting the installation

Select a keyboard type.

Starting the installation

Select a mouse.

Starting the installation

You can now begin installing Red Hat Linux.

A splash screen tells you how to register Red Hat Linux.

Click Next to continue.

Starting the installation

Select between Installing/Upgrading.

Starting the installation

Create partitions for Linux

Starting the installation

Disk Druid partitioning tool:

Mount Point

Device Linux associates each partition with a separate

device.

Requested

Actual

Type

Starting the installation

Disk Druid partitioning tool

Starting the installation

Add a partition :

Mount point

Size (Megs)

Grow to fill disk

Partition type

Allowable drives

Starting the installation

Adding a partition

Starting the installation

Adding a partition

Starting the installation

Install LILO.

Starting the installation

Set up Networking.

Starting the installation

Configure the Time Zone.

Starting the installation

Create accounts

Starting the installation

Configure authentication.

Starting the installation

Select package groups.

Starting the installation

Configure X Windows.

Starting the installation

Configuring X Windows

Starting the installation

Begin the installation.

Starting the installation

Create the Boot Disk.

Before the installation:

Hardware

Server design

Design decision

Physical safety of servers

Improve server situation

Uptime

Dual-Booting issues

Methods of installation

SUMMARY

Installing Red Hat Linux :

Creating a Boot Disk

Starting the installation

Summary