Install Oracle Linux 5 Using Local or Remote Media

This procedure describes how to install the Oracle Linux operating system installation from local or remote media. The procedure assumes that you are booting the Oracle Linux installation media from one of the following sources:

Oracle Linux 5.9 or 5.10 CD or DVD set (internal or external CD/DVD)
Oracle Linux 5.9 or 5.10 ISO DVD image (network repository)

Note - For Oracle Linux 5.x installations, BIOS must be set to Legacy BIOS Boot Mode, because Oracle Linux 5.x does not support UEFI BIOS.

Note - Currently Oracle Linux 6.3, 6.4, and 6.5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 and 6.5, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 are the only supported Linux operating systems that support UEFI BIOS.

Note - If you are booting the installation media from a PXE environment, refer to Install Oracle Linux 5.x or 6.x Using PXE Network Boot for instructions.

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

Ensure that the installation media is available to boot.
- For Distribution CD/DVD. Insert the Oracle Linux 5.9 or 5.10 Distribution media boot disc (CD labeled number 1 or the single DVD) into the local or external CD/DVD-ROM drive.
- For ISO images. Ensure that the ISO image is available for Oracle Linux 5.9 or 5.10 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 installation media, see Selecting the Boot Media Option.
Reset or power on the server.
For example, to reset the server:
- 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 web interface, click Host Management > Power Control and select Reset from the Select Action list box.
- From the Oracle ILOM CLI on the server SP, type: reset /System
The BIOS screen appears.

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.
In the BIOS screen, press F8 to specify a temporary boot device for the Linux OS installation.
The Please Select Boot Device menu appears.

Note - The boot device menu that appears in your installation might differ depending on the type of disk controller installed in your server.
In the Please Select Boot Device menu, select the menu item according to the Linux media installation method and BIOS mode you elected to use, then press Enter.
For example:
- If you elected to use the Linux OS local delivery method, select SATA:HDD:P4 DV-W28SS-V from the screen.
- If you elected to use the Oracle ILOM Remote Console delivery method, select USB:VIRTUAL:AMI VIRTUAL CDROM 1.00 from the screen.
The Oracle Linux 5 Install screen appears.
In the Oracle Linux 5. Install screen, press Enter to continue the normal user interactive installation.
Alternately, for text mode, enter the following command:
boot: linux text
The language screen appears.
In the Choose a Language screen, select the appropriate language, then click OK.
The Keyboard Type screen appears.
In the Keyboard Type screen, select the appropriate keyboard configuration, then click OK.
The Installation Method screen appears.
In the Installation Method screen, select the appropriate installation method (either Local CDROM or NFS image), then click OK.
The Disc Found screen appears.
If this is the first time that you are doing an install from this media, it is recommended that you click OK to test the media; otherwise, click Skip.
The Oracle Linux 5 splash screen appears.
On the bottom of the Oracle Linux 5 splash screen, click Next.
If there is a problem with the data format on the installation target disk, the Partitioning Error warning appears.

Note - Because Oracle Linux 5.9 does not support booting from GUID Partition Table (GPT) format, it can only be installed to a hard disk drive that is less than 2-terabyte in size.

If this is the storage drive that you want to use for the installation, you need to reformat the drive; otherwise, you can ignore this warning.

Note - The storage drives that ship with the server are new, so they are unformatted. You will not encounter this error when installing to an unformatted disk.

To reformat the disk, click Yes.
Otherwise, the Installation Number dialog appears.
In the Installation Number dialog, enter the “Installation number” or click Skip entering installation number, then click OK.
The Disk Partition Setup screen appears.
In the Disk Partition Setup screen, do the following:
1. Select the option for Remove Linux partition on selected drives and create default layout, or manually partition the disk using the Create custom layout option of Disk Druid, then click Next.
2. Partition the disk as appropriate by referring to the instructions presented on the Oracle Linux disk partitioning screen.
  Note - If the Oracle Linux 6.x OS or Oracle VM software 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.
Continue the basic Oracle Linux installation setup by following the on-screen instructions.
After completing the installation, reboot the server.
The BIOS screen appears.
To run the BIOS Setup Utility, press F2.
The BIOS Setup Utility appears.
Select the Boot menu.
The Boot Menu appears.
To make the newly installed OS the default boot, move the target installation storage drive to the top of the Boot priorities list, then press F10 to save the changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility.
As the reboot continues, one of the kernel screens appears.
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Press any key to enter the menu
Booting Oracle Linux Server (2.6.39-300.26.1.el5uek) in 2 seconds...
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The Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 for Linux is the default kernel.
If you do not want to change the default kernel, proceed to Step 20; otherwise, proceed to Step 19.
(Optional) If you want to switch to the Red Hat compatible kernel, do the following:
1. Press any key.
  The GNU GRUB kernel select screen appears.
2. For the Red Hat compatible kernel, select the second menu option, then press Enter.
After completing the Oracle Linux installation and rebooting the server with the desired Linux kernel, perform the post installation tasks as described in Post Installation Task for Oracle Linux.

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