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Installation Stage 1: Starting the Journey
Before you install Red Hat Linux, you need to insert the companion DVD-ROM into the DVD/CD-ROM drive and boot or reboot your computer. The instructions in this section describe how to start installing Red Hat Linux on your computer.This section gets you started with the Red Hat Linux installation process. Use these initial steps to start the installation and perform some basic configuration:Insert the DVD-ROM that came with this book and boot (or reboot) your computer. Note that if your computer can’t boot from a DVD-ROM (or CD-ROM), you have to create a boot floppy and boot from it (refer to Chapter 2 for instructions for creating a boot floppy).
After your computer thinks for a while, the first installation screen appears, displaying a welcome message, some options, and the boot: prompt.
Press Enter.
A series of messages scrolls by, indicating the hardware that the Red Hat Linux kernel detects on your computer. Most of the time, particularly with newer systems, Red Hat Linux detects all the basic hardware.
When Red Hat Linux has detected your hardware, the Red Hat installation process starts and the Welcome message is displayed onscreen. Click the Next button to proceed to the next step.
Tip You can view information about Red Hat Linux by clicking the Release Notes button, in the lower-left corner of the screen. Additional information about where to find more information is displayed on the sidebar on the left side of the window.After the Welcome message screen disappears, the Language Selection window appears.
Select a language and click Next.
Choose the language you speak or, if you’re feeling adventurous, one that you don’t (not recommended).The Keyboard Configuration window appears.
Select your keyboard configuration and then click Next.
The Mouse Configuration window appears.
Select your mouse (squeak!) and click Next.
Red Hat generally automatically detects your mouse. However, in case Red Hat fails to find your mouse, you can select your mouse manually from the slew of mice you see. If you have a PS/2 mouse, all you have to do is select the manufacturer and number of buttons. If you have the older style of mouse that connects via a serial port, you have to select the manufacturer, number of buttons, and the serial port to which it’s connected; you have only four serial ports to select from, and in many cases it’s either ttyS0 or ttyS1.If you have a 2-button mouse (either serial or PS/2), you can choose to have it emulate three buttons by selecting the Emulate 3 Buttons option. You emulate the third (middle) button by pressing both mouse buttons at one time.
Click Next.
The Red Hat installation system tries to detect and identify your monitor. In most cases, Red Hat can make the identification and doesn’t need any input from you, so you can skip to Step 11.
If the installation system cannot automatically identify your monitor, the Monitor Configuration window appears.
Tip The Red Hat installation process detects your video driver hardware and automatically selects the best resolution. You can manually configure the video card after the installation process finishes. See Chapter 4 for configuration instructions.
Tip We use the word monitor generically to refer to both the traditional Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) and the modern Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) devices. CRT monitors use heavy glass tubes, of course, and LCDs use lighter, thin-plastic panels.If your monitor isn’t detected, the screen defaults to the Unprobed Monitor option. You can manually select your monitor by choosing from the list of manufacturers and their models. If you can’t find your model, your best bet is to select one of the generic monitors. For example, select the Generic Laptop Display Panel 1024x768 if you have an LCD display. Alternatively, you can simply select the default Unprobed Monitor type; the worst that can happen is that you either have to reconfigure the monitor later or live with slightly less than optimal performance.
Click the Next button.
If you selected the unprobed monitor, the Monitor Unspecified dialog box opens. Click the Choose Monitor Type button and control returns to the Monitor Configuration window, as described in Step 8. Otherwise, you don’t see the dialog box and should proceed to Step 10.
Click the Proceed button and continue to Step 11.
Warning Older CRT monitors (not LCD displays) can’t handle resolution rates and scan frequencies higher than what they were designed for. A monitor designed for a 640 x 480 resolution (and a low scan frequency), for example, can’t display a 2,048 x 1,024 resolution (and a high scan frequency). If you try to make the monitor display a higher frequency than it’s capable of displaying, the monitor may burst into flames. (We didn’t believe this either until we saw a monitor smoking. Hey, at least you get a new monitor out of it. Welcome to the 21st century.)Tip Modern CRT monitors (not LCD displays), called multiscanning monitors, can automatically match themselves to a series of scan frequencies and resolutions. Some of these monitors are even smart enough to turn themselves off rather than burst into flames if the frequencies become too high. Finding the documentation and matching your vertical and horizontal frequencies properly is the best way to go (particularly with older monitors). If you don’t have this information, try a lower resolution first, just to get X Window System running. (LCDs cannot catch on fire in this way.)
The Installation Type window appears. If you have already installed Linux on your computer, however, you’re asked whether you want to upgrade or make a fresh installation. Upgrade, if you want; your current software is updated to newer versions. This book is oriented toward installing Red Hat Linux for the first time.
See the following section to select your Red Hat Linux installation type, and then continue to partition your disk.
Checking your discs
Red Hat provides a validation mechanism for checking its DVD-ROM or CD-ROMs. Red Hat inserts numeric keys into its discs to help verify that they aren’t corrupted. If you enter linux mediacheck at the boot: prompt, the installation process starts up and displays a dialog box. Follow these steps to verify that your DVD-ROM (or CD-ROMs) are in working order.
Select the OK option by pressing the Enter key if you want to verify that your DVD (or CD) is okay.
If you have already verified your media, perhaps you have already checked them during an earlier installation — you can select the Skip option to return to the Red Hat installation process without checking the media.
The Media Check window opens.
Select the Test option and the test starts.
The media check system displays a progress meter and then shows the result in the Media Check Result window when it’s finished. The possible results are PASS and FAIL.
If you're testing a DVD and the test succeeds, the installation process will start and you should skip step 4. Otherwise, when testing CD-ROMs, click the OK button (the only option) in the Media Check Result window.
The CD-ROM is ejected after the check is finished.
Insert the second or third CD-ROM and click the Continue button in the Media Check dialog box. Repeat this step for each CD-ROM. You are finished after checking the third CD-ROM.
Obviously, if the DVD-ROM (or any of the CD-ROMs) fails the test, you shouldn’t use it. You should buy another copy of this book. No, no — just kidding. Contact the Wiley Media Develop-ment department, at
