Install RHEL5 via Local or Virtual Media

Follow these instructions to install RHEL5 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 5.0 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 5.0 installation appears. The bottom half of the splash screen lists instructions, function keys, and the boot prompt.

  3. In the Red Hat Enterprise Linux splash screen, do one of the following:

    • Set the display resolution to 1024 X 768 and continue the normal interactive install by doing the following:

      a. At the boot prompt, type the following boot command:

      linux vesa

      b. Press Enter. 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.

      c. Proceed to Step 4.

      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.

  4. In the Language screen, select the appropriate language and click OK.

    The Keyboard Type screen appears.

  5. In the Keyboard Type screen, select the appropriate keyboard configuration and click OK.

    The Installation Method screen appears.

  6. In the Installation Method screen, select the appropriate installation method (Local CDROM or NFS Image) and click OK.

    The CD Found screen appears.

  7. In the CD Media Found screen, click Skip.

    The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 screen appears.

  8. In the Red Hat Enterprise 5 screen, click Next.

    The Installation Number dialog appears.

  9. In the Installation Number dialog, enter the “Installation number” or click “Skip entering installation number” then click OK.

    After entering the installation number and clicking Ok the Default Disk Partition screen appears.

  10. In the Default Disk Partition screen, do the following:

    1. In the drop-down list box, select the “create custom” option.

    2. Partition the disk as appropriate by referring to the instructions presented on the Red Hat disk partitioning screen.

      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.

  11. Continue the basic Red Hat installation setup.

  12. Reboot immediately after the install and perform the following steps the graphic mode to display the required 1024 x 768 resolution:

    1. After the GRUB menu appears, intercept the boot by typing a space.

    2. In the boot command line, add the following kernel argument then press Enter.

      vesa

  13. Upon completing the basic Red Hat installation setup, perform the following post-installation tasks:

    1. Ensure the correct display resolution is set by doing the following:

      • At the prompt, type system-config-display then press Enter.

      • Select “Radeon” as the driver and set the resolution to 1024x768.

    2. Configure ACPI Driver to support hot plug operations. For more information, see POST Linux Installation Requirement For Hot Plug.

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