Install RHEL4 via Local or Virtual Medium

Follow these instructions to install RHEL4 on a Sun Blade Server Module via local or virtual medium.

Before You Begin

What to Do

  1. Do one of the following:

    • For Distribution CD/DVD. Insert the Red Hat 4.0 Distribution boot disc (CD labeled number 1 or the single DVD) into the attached 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 ILOM Remote Console application.

  2. Reset the Sun Blade Server Module, for example:

    • From the ILOM web interface, select Reset on the Remote Power Control tab.

      or

    • Press the Power button (momentary, 1 second) on the front panel of the blade to turn off the blade, then press the Power button (momentary, 1 second) to turn on the blade.

    The BIOS screen appears.

    Note

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

    As the server begins the power-up sequence it will go through a series of test(s) and allow you the opportunity to configure the BIOS, storage, network controllers, and boot selection.

    Note

    The default boot order should have CD/DVD (external or virtual) before disk and network devices. If the boot order does not list the CD/DVD device first, then you will need to press F8 to specify the CD/DVD device as the first boot device.

    After a few seconds, the splash screen for the Red Hat 4.0 installation appears. The bottom half of the splash screen lists instructions, function keys, and the boot prompt.

  3. At the boot prompt, do one of the following:

    • Press Enter to continue the normal user interactive install; then proceed to Step 4.

      This option continues the normal user interactive installation process. It assumes that if the system is to be attached to a network, you are aware of which Linux-named network interface to select for configuration. Note that the Linux-named network interfaces are logical names and are different from the physical names assigned to NEM and EM ports. If you are uncertain how to match the Linux-named interfaces to the physical networked ports, then you should choose to perform the option described below for launching a user shell to identify the network interfaces.

      or

    • Type linux rescue to launch a user shell; then proceed to Launch User Shell From Red Hat Install to Identify Network Interfaces by Logical and Physical Names.

      This option launches a user shell. In this shell, you will use the ifconfig -a command to identify the network interfaces by their logical and physical names.

      For detailed information about launching the user shell and using the ifconfig -a command to identify the network interfaces by their logical and physical names, see Launch User Shell From Red Hat Install to Identify Network Interfaces by Logical and Physical Names.

  4. In the Testing CD Media screen, press the Tab key to select Skip and press Enter.

    A message appears about running Anaconda, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux system installer. After a few seconds the Red Hat splash screen appears displaying the Welcome Installer screen.

  5. In the Red Hat Welcome screen, press Next to continue the installation.

    The Language screen appears.

  6. In the Language screen, select the appropriate language and click Next.

    The Keyboard Language screen appears.

  7. In the Keyboard Configuration screen, select the appropriate keyboard configuration and click Next.

  8. When the Disk Partitioning Setup screen appears, do the following:

    1. Select the Manual Disk Partitioning option.

    2. Partition the disk as appropriate.

      Refer to the instructions presented on the Red Hat disk partitioning screen for details.

      Note

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

  9. Continue the basic Red Hat installation setup.

  10. Upon completing the basic Red Hat installation setup, refer to the Red Hat installation documentation and perform the following post-installation tasks:

    1. Configure network settings for Internet access.

    2. Register for the Red Hat Network Service and activate the service.

    3. Configure your system for automatic updates.

    4. Automatically download and install the RHEL4-U3 or later files.

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