Red Hat Linux 9

• Red Hat Linux (3 CDs) and product from Red Hat, Inc.,

• Documents at http://www.redhat.com/docs

• The most recent list of supported hardware can be found at: http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl

• Disk partitions ( Type: .ext2) before installation is made.

  • At least two partitions (/ and swap) must be dedicated to Red Hat Linux.

• For more than one OS on same machine : Configuring a Dual-Boot System 

• Personal Desktop

A personal desktop installation, including a graphical desktop environment, requires at least 1.7GB of free space. Choosing both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments requires at least 1.8GB of free disk space.

• Workstation

A workstation installation, including a graphical desktop environment and software development tools, requires at least 2.1GB of free space. Choosing both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments requires at least 2.2GB of free disk space.

• graphical desktop environment and the X Window System, plus software development tools.
• 2.2GB
• swap partition: twice your RAM.
• 100MB partition mounted as /boot in which the Linux kernel and related files reside.
• root partition mounted as / in which all other files are stored (the exact size of this partition is dependent on your available disk space).

• Custom

• A Custom installation requires 475MB for a minimal installation and at least 5.0GB of free space if every package is selected.

•   choose packages you want

• Partitioning: run more than one operating system.

  • automatic partitioning, or manual partitioning

  • partition manually, choose the Disk Druid partitioning tool.

• Network Configuration.

• Firewall Configuration

• Time Zone Configuration

• Set Root Password

• Authentication Configuration

• Package Group Selection

• Editors: vi, emacs

• Unresolved Dependencies

• Configuring Your Monitor

• Server

A server installation requires 850MB for a minimal installation without X (the graphical environment), at least 1.5GB of free space if all package groups other than X are installed, and at least 5.0GB to install all packages including the GNOME and KDE desktop environments.

Prompt Commands: Similar like Unix

1. Linux is case sensitive
2. /usr/share/doc contains additional documentation for packages installed on your system.
3. cat testfile : view the contents of a file, named testfile, in the current working directory.
4. .bashrc file in your home directory contains bash shell definitions and aliases for your own use.
5. /etc/fstab file contains information about different system devices and filesystems.
6. webalizer RPM if you want to use a Web server log file analysis program.
7.     $ ls : ls command to display the contents of a directory:
8. prompt : $, #:

• A prompt, which is a computer's way of signifying that it is ready for you to input something.

•  cp -r <path-to-cd>/isolinux/ <path-to-workspace>: Copy the isolinux/ directory from the first Red Hat Linux CD-ROM into a temporary directory (referred to here as <path-to-workspace>)
• cd <path-to-workspace>: Change directories to the <path-to-workspace> directory
• chmod u+w isolinux/* : permissions

                                                                                                                To be continued.......

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