Install Oracle Linux 6.x Using Local or Remote Media

This procedure describes how to install the Oracle Linux operating system 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 6.3, 6.4, or 6.5 CD or DVD set (internal or external CD/DVD)
Oracle Linux 6.3, 6.4, or 6.5 ISO DVD image (network repository)

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.

Ensure that the installation media is available to boot.
- For Distribution CD/DVD. Insert the Oracle Linux 6.3, 6.4, or 6.5 Distribution media boot disc (CD labeled number 1 or the single DVD) into the local or remote CD/DVD-ROM drive.
- For ISO images. Ensure that the ISO image is available for Oracle Linux 6.3, 6.4, or 6.5 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. The screen that appears will be different depending on whether you have BIOS configured for Legacy BIOS or UEFI BIOS.
- For Legacy BIOS, the following screen appears:
- For UEFI BIOS, the following screen 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 OS media installation method and the BIOS mode you elected to use, then press Enter.
For example:
- If you elected to use the Linux OS local console delivery method in Legacy BIOS, select SATA:HDD:P4 DV-W28SS-V from the Legacy BIOS screen.
- If you elected to use the Oracle ILOM Remote Console delivery method in UEFI BIOS mode, select [UEFI]USB:VIRTUAL:USB USB CD/DVD Drive from the UEFI BIOS screen.
For Legacy BIOS, the Oracle Linux 6.x Welcome screen appears.

For UEFI BIOS, the Oracle Linux 6.x GNU GRUB screen appears.
Depending on the BIOS mode that you selected, do one of the following:
- To install from Legacy BIOS Boot Mode, select Install or Upgrade an Existing System from the Oracle Linux 6.x Welcome screen, click Next at the bottom of the screen, and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the interactive installation. When the installation is complete, proceed to Step 17.
- To install from UEFI BIOS Boot Mode, select Oracle Linux Server 6.x from the GNU GRUB screen and press Enter.
  
  The Choose a 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 6 splash screen appears.
At the bottom of the Oracle Linux 6 splash screen, click Next.
If there is a problem with the data format on any target disk, the Partitioning Error warning appears.

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.
To reformat the disk, click Yes.
Otherwise, the Installation Devices screen appears.
In the Installation Devices screen, select Basic Storage Devices and click Next.
The Examining Devices screen appears.
In the Examining Devices screen, click Next.
Follow the on-screen prompts and do the following:
1. Enter the host name.
2. (Optional) Configure the network.
3. Select the time zone.
4. Select the root password.
5. Select disk partitioning and layout.
If there is a problem with the data format on the installation target disk, the Automatic Partitioning Errors screen appears.
If the above screens appears, the disk to which you are attempting to install the Linux OS is formatted incorrectly and it needs to be reformatted.

Note - This error occurs if you attempt to do a UEFI BIOS OS install to a storage drive that was previously used to store data in Legacy BIOS format or vice versa. UEFI uses the GUID Partition Table (GPT) format, while Legacy BIOS formats storage drives in the Master Boot Record (MBR) format. 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 recover and reformat the disk without aborting the install, click the keyboard Back button on the install screen several times to return to the initial splash screen shown in Step 9 and perform these steps:
1. To start the recovery shell, type Ctrl+Al+F2.
  The shell appears.
2. To reformat the disk in GPT format or MBR format as appropriate for this installation, enter the shell commands as shown on the following screen:
```
anaconda root@localhost /]# parted /dev/sdc
GNU Parted 2.1
Using /dev/sdc
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type ‘help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) p
Model: HITACHI H106030SDSUN300G (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 300GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number  Start   End     Size    Type    File system Flags
 1      1049kB  21.5GB  21.5GB  primary ext2
(parted) mklabel
New disk label type? gpt
Warning: The existing disk label on /dev/sdc will be destroyed and all data will be lost.
Do you want to continue?
Yes/No? yes
(parted) p
Model: HITACHI H106030SDSUN300G (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 300GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number  Start  End  Size  File system  Name  Flags
(parted) g
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.
anaconda root@localhost /]#
```
3. Type Ctrl+Alt+F6 to return to the graphical installation screen and continue the installation from the point of the Oracle Linux splash screen (go to Step 10).
Otherwise, the Bootloader screen appears.
In the Bootloader screen click Next.
The Select Software screen appears.
Select the desired software, then click Next.
The Starting the Installation Process screen appears.

You have completed the installation user interactions.
After the installation completes, reboot the server.
The BIOS screen appears.
To run the BIOS Setup Utility, press F2.
For Legacy BIOS, the following BIOS Setup Utility appears.

For UEFI BIOS, the following BIOS Setup Utility appears.
To make the newly installed OS the default boot, do one of the following:
- For Legacy BIOS:
  - Select Boot in the top menu bar and verify the target installation storage drive is at the top of the list under the Boot Option Priority field.
  - If the target installation storage drive is not at the top of the list, move it to the top and press F10 to save the change and exit the BIOS Setup Utility.
- For UEFI BIOS:
  - Select Boot in the top menu bar and verify the Oracle Linux Server is at the top of the list under the Boot Option Priority field.
  - If Oracle Linux Server is not at the top of the list, move it to the top and press F10 to save the change and exit the BIOS Setup Utility.
As the reboot continues, a kernel screen appears.
- For Oracle Linux 6.3, the following screen appears.
```
Press any key to enter the menu
Booting Oracle Linux Server-uek (2.6.39-200.24.1.el6uek.x86_64) in 2 seconds...
```
- For Oracle Linux 6.4, the following screen appears.
```
Press any key to enter the menu
Booting Oracle Linux Server Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (2.6.39-400.17.1.el6uek.x86_64) in 2 seconds...
```
- For Oracle Linux 6.5, the following screen appears.
```
Press any key to enter the menu
Booting Oracle Linux Server Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (3.8.13-16.2.1.el6uek.x86_64) in 2 seconds...
```
If you do not want to change the default Kernel, proceed to Step 22; otherwise, proceed to Step 21.
(Optional) If you are installing Oracle Linux 6.4 or 6.5 and you want to switch to the Red Hat compatible kernel, do the following.
Note - The Red Hat compatible kernel is not supported on Oracle Linux 6.3.
1. Press any key.
  The GNU GRUB 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, proceed to Post Installation Task for Oracle Linux.

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