Installing RHEL 5.5 or 6.0 Using Local or Remote Media

The following procedure describes how to boot the RHEL 5.5 or 6.0 operating system installation from local or remote media. The procedure assumes that you are booting the RHEL installation media from one of the following sources:

• RHEL 5.5 or 6.0 (or subsequent release) CD or DVD set (internal or external CD/DVD)

• RHEL 5.5 or 6.0 (or subsequent release) ISO DVD image (network repository)

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  Note - If you are booting the installation media from a PXE environment, refer to Installing RHEL 5.5 or 6.0 Using a PXE Network Environment for instructions.

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For further details about installing RHEL, see the RHEL documentation collection at:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Before You Begin

Prior to performing the installation, the following requirements must be met:

• All applicable installation prerequisites for installing an operating system should have been met. For further information about these prerequisites, see Chapter 2, Getting Started.

• An installation method (for example, console, boot media, and install target) should have been chosen and established prior to performing the installation. For more information about these setup requirements, see Appendix A, Supported Installation Methods.

After completing this procedure, you should review and perform the required post installation tasks described later in this chapter. For more details, see RHEL Post Installation Tasks.

Install RHEL 5.5 or 6.0 Using Local or Remote Media

1. Ensure that the install media is available to boot.
   • For Distribution CD/DVD. Insert the Red Hat 5.5 or 6.0 Distribution media boot disc (CD labeled number 1 or the single DVD) into the local or remote USB CD/DVD-ROM drive.
   • For ISO images. Ensure that the ISO images are available and that the boot disc image (CD labeled number 1 or DVD) has been selected in the Oracle ILOM Remote Console application (Devices menu > CD-ROM Image).
   • For additional information about how to set up the install media, see Appendix A, Supported Installation Methods.
2. Reset the power on the server.

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   Note - The following steps use Oracle ILOM 3.1 command syntax. If you are using Oracle ILOM 3.0, refer to the Oracle ILOM 3.0 Documentation Collection at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=ilom30.

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   For example:

   • From the Oracle ILOM web interface, select Host Management > Power Control in the navigation tree. Then, select Reset from the Select Action list box and click Save.
   • From the local server, press the Power button (approximately 1 second) on the front panel of the server to power off the server, then press the Power button again to power on the server.
   • From the Oracle ILOM CLI on the server SP, type: reset /System

   The BIOS screen appears.

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   Note - The next events occur very quickly; therefore, focused attention is needed for the following steps. Watch carefully for these messages as they appear on the screen for a brief time. You might want to enlarge the size of your screen to eliminate scroll bars.

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3. In the BIOS screen, press F8 to specify a temporary boot device for the RHEL installation.

   The Please Select Boot Device menu appears.

4. In the Boot Device menu, select either the external or virtual CD/DVD device as the first boot device, then press Enter.

   The device strings listed on Boot menu are in the format of: device type, slot indicator, and product ID string.

   After a few seconds, the splash screen for the RHEL installation appears. The bottom half of the splash screen lists instructions, function keys, and the boot prompt.

5. In the Red Hat Enterprise Linux splash screen, click Next to continue the normal user interactive installation.

   Alternately, for text mode, enter the following command:

   boot: linux text
6. Continue the basic Red Hat installation setup by following the on-screen instructions and Red Hat documentation.

   For detailed installation instructions, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Installation Guide at:

   http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise

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   Note - If Oracle Solaris OS or Oracle VM is preinstalled on the disk, you can choose to partition the disk to remove the preinstalled OS; or, you can choose to keep the preinstalled OS and partition the disk to support dual-boot operating systems.

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7. After completing the basic Red Hat installation setup, perform the following post installation tasks:
   1. Configure your system for automatic updates.

      Refer to Red Hat documentation for more information.

   2. If required, download and install the latest errata and bug fixes for RHEL 5.5 or 6.0.

      Refer to Red Hat documentation for more information.

   3. Review and, if necessary, perform the post installation tasks described later in this chapter.

      Refer to RHEL Post Installation Tasks.