RedHat Installation

Click on Start Button to start installing the selected OS in this VM

A New Window will popup displaying the redhat installation screen. Press Enter

Click on Skip to skip the media test and start the installation

Press Next to begin the installation

Select the Language and click next

Select the Keyborard Type and press next

Select the radio button for skip entering installation number and press next

Click Next when a warning is prompted for not entering the installation number

Click on Yes when prompted to initializing the drive

To do manual partitions select create custom layout and press next

Click on New

Tp create a partition for swap space, select the file system type as swap and enter the required size. I have given 8GB as swap size. Click on ok

Click on New and select the /boot option as mount point and File System as ext3. I have allotted 1GB to /boot. Select the Force to be a primary partition check box for boot as it is recommended format.

Create a partition for /home

Create /tmp partition. It is recommended to allot atleast 5GB for /tmp.

Create /usr partition. Allot atleast 5GB to /usr if you are installing all the packages bundled with RHEL software

Create /var/ partition

Create /usr/local Partition

Create /opt partition

Create /u01 partition

Create / partition

Select the defaults and press next

Set an IP address Manually and set a subnet mask

Set a hostname

Click on continue when a warning regarding default gateway is prompted

Click on continue when a warning regarding primary dns is prompted

Select your country/region

Enter the root password

Click on customize now and click next

Select all the applications and packages except for languages. Since we are selecting all the packages the /usr mount point should have atleast 5GB of space otherwise error will be thrown