RHEL 4 Installation

Note: Please ensure that you have CDs 1 to 5 ready before installation.

1. Insert CD1 in CDROM. Press and hold right CTRL button to boot from CD. 2. Once CD boots, Press enter to use graphical installation mode. 3. Skip testing CD and press Enter.4. Click Next on the Welcome screen5. Accept the default language as English and click Next6. Accept the default keyboard as U.S. English and click Next7. Select the bullet to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES and click Next8. Choose automatic partitions and click Next 9. Accept the default option Remove all partitions on the system and click Next10. Accept the default boot loader GRUB. Don’t specify any password for the boot loader. Click Next11. Configure Network Settings by specifying HOSTNAME. Click Edit to specify IP Configuration and click

Next (Tip: Always use static IP addressing for servers)12. Choose No for Firewall option and also Disable SELinux. Click Next. (Keep it simple for training purpose)13. Click Proceed on No Firewall Configured warning to go to next screen.14. Click Next to accept the default for English USA language option.15. Click Next to accept EST time. Do not check the box System clock uses UDC. (Keep it simple)16. Specify the root password and click Next17. Click on Customize software packages to be installed and click Next 18. Scroll down the page and Click on the Everything bullet to install all packages and click Next19. Click Next to begin installation.20. Installation will begin. Continue providing the requested CDs. At the end, server will ask for CD1 again.21. After installation is finished, click on Reboot button to reboot the server22. After the server comes back up, the system presents a new welcome screen. Click Next to move to next

screen. 23. Click YES to accept the license agreement and click Next 24. Ensure that Date and Time shown on the screen is correct. Skip Network Time Protocol tab and Click

Next (Keep it simple – In case you want to configure it, click on NTP screen and check the box for Enable NTP. Select clock.redhat.com server) and click Next

25. On Display screen - Accept the defaults or change as required. Click Next26. On Red Hat Login Screen – Click on Tell me why I need to register and provide a Red Hat logon and click

Next (You can choose other option if you have a Red Hat login. Here you can also configure Network configuration to connect to Red Hat automatically)

27. Click on I cannot complete the registration at this time and remind me later. Click Next28. On create System User screen, create an account for shishya with password welcome. Click Next29. On additional CDs screen, Click Next

30. On Finish Setup screen Click Next31. A graphical login screen appears. Congratulations! Your RHEL4 software is now installed.

Verifying Your Installation

To check the host name and OS information type the command - uname –a To check your kernel version, type the command – uname –r (i.e. 2.6.9_42)