HP P5389A - Intel Pentium III-S 1.4 GHz Processor... User manual

Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional

Installation Guide for HPServers

(This document is only available in English.)

November 13, 2002

Requirements

Server: Red Hat 8.0 Professional is certified for use with HP Server tc2110, tc3100,

tc4100, lp1000r [1.13/1.26/1.4 GHz] and lp2000r [1.13/1.26/1.4 GHz]

Hardware settings: You will need to know the following information to complete the

installation:

· The monitor's resolution, color depth, and refresh rate.

· The display (graphics) adapter manufacturer and model number.

· The Ethernet card manufacturer, model number, IRQ, and I/O address.

· IP address for the server

· Subnet Mask

· Default Gateway

· Machine Name

· Domain Name

Other requirements:

· Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional CD-ROM.

· A minimum of 128MB of RAM (256MB or more recommended).

· A full installation of Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional requires around 4.5 GB

· One or more Network Interface Cards (NIC).

· One or more clean/new hard drives.

· Latest system BIOS update. (http://www.hp.com)

Installing Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional

1. Power on the server, and insert the Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional Installation CD

in the CD tray to start the installation.

2. The NOS will boot and display the boot prompt. Press Enter. If you would like to

pick the order in which drivers are loaded, enter the command:

linux noprobe

3. At the Language selection screen, select your language then press Next.

4. At the Keyboard Configuration screen, select your keyboard. Press Next.

5. At the Mouse Configuration screen, select your mouse. Check the box Emulate 3

buttons. Press Next.

6. At the Install Type screen, select Custom System. Press Next.

NOTE: If you receive a message about "Bad partition tables", please choose to

initialize all the hard drives.

7. Select Manually partition with Disk Druid to begin preparing the hard disk. Press

Next.

8. Disk partitioning will vary depending on the type of services the server will provide.

The amount of swap space required also varies depending on the amount of RAM in

the system.

The following partitioning scheme is given as an example.

9. Create a boot partition.

A. Click on the free space under Device.

B. Click New

Note: If you double-click on the free space, instead of clicking on New, a

different "add partition" screen will come up, with different options. In this

screen, you must specify the Start and Ending Cylinders of the partition you are

creating, instead of specifying the size of the partition.

C. Set the parameters as follows:

Partition type: Ext3

Allowable drives: sda (If you have multiple drives available)

Mount point: /boot Size:75

NOTE: Click on the other drives to deselect them.

Additional Size Options:

You will have the opportunity to choose the following additional options:

- Fixed Size (MB)

- Fill all space up to (MB)

- Fill to maximum allowable size

- Leave at fixed size

- Force to be a primary partition

- Check for Bad Blocks

Leave the above items unchecked, unless you want to check for bad blocks. If you

choose this option, be aware that the check will take a considerable amount of

time, depending on drive size.

D. Click OK.

10. Create a swap partition.

A. Click New.

B. Set the parameters as follows:

Mount point: <not applicable> Size: 256

Partition type: swap Allowable drives: sda

NOTE: Click on the other drives to deselect them.

C. Click OK.

11. Create a root partition.

A. Click New.

B. Set the parameters as follows:

Mount point: /Size:2048

NOTE: If you will be choosing to install ALL packages, it will take 4,680Mb, so

you will need to increase the size of the / partition to at least that amount. If you

wish, you may choose to allow the partition to fill to a particular size (which you

specify), or to the maximum allowable size.

Partition type: Ext3 Allowable drives: sda

NOTE: Click on the other drives to deselect them.

C. Click OK. Click Next.

12. At the boot loader configuration screen, you need to accomplish the following

tasks:

-- Choose "change boot loader" to change to LILO or NO BOOT LOADER,

otherwise, leave the default of GRUB.

-- Verify that "Red Hat Linux" is selected as the default operating system to boot.

-- Choose whether to create a boot loader password or not. (The default is none).

-- Choose "advanced boot loader options" to choose where to install boot loader to:

MBR or the first sector of the boot partition.

Click Next.

13. Configure your network interfaces. You can use DHCP (recommended) or static IP to

configure the network interfaces. Click Next.

14. At the Firewall Configuration screen, configure the firewall to suit your

requirements. Click Next.

15. At the Language Selection screen, select all the languages you would like support

for. Click Next.

16. Select the appropriate timezone for your area. Click Next.

17. Enter the root password. On the next line, reconfirm the password. The password will

not get displayed. Click Next.

18. Create any additional accounts required by clicking Add.

19. Set the Authentication schemes that apply to your network. Click Next.

20. At the Package group selection screen, select the software package that suits your

need. You can customize the preset packages by clicking on Select individual

packages. Click Next.

21. This is the last step before the install begins. If you would like to make a last minute

change, click on Back, otherwise click Next.

22. The package installation process will now begin. The projected time for completion

will be shown.

23. (Optional) After the package installation process, if you have installed the X Window

System, you will have to configure your video hardware.

A. The first step is to select the video card. The installer should have already probed

the card. Verify that the correct card was identified with the proper amount of

RAM. Click Next.

B. At the Monitor Configuration screen, select your Monitor. Entering wrong

horizontal and/or vertical sync rate may damage your monitor. Please

consult your system documentation. Click Next.

C. At the "Graphic Configuration" screen, select the color depth and the screen

resolution. Click on Test setting to ensure that the monitor will support the

chosen configuration. You may also have to select between the two desktop

environments: KDE and GNOME. If you set the login type to Graphical, the GUI

will be loaded at boot time. Click Next.

24. After all packages are installed, you will be able to create a boot disk. Insert a new

floppy disk in the drive and press Next. When the process completes, carefully label

the floppy Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional boot disk and store it in a safe place.

25. Installation instructions for installing HP Instant Top Tools and Agents can be found

in the README file that accompanies those software packages. These software

packages can be downloaded from the HP website at:

http://h20004.www2.hp.com/keeper_rnotes/bsdmatrix/matrix70272en_US.html

26. Finish the installation and reboot the system.

If you are using an Intel 10/100 NIC (D5013B, P2511A, P3492A) or the Embedded

10/100 NIC, then complete the steps below. If you are not using one of these NIC's

the Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional installation is complete.

Hewlett Packard does not support the default NIC driver installed with Red Hat

Linux 8.0 Professional for the Intel 10/100 NIC (D5013B, P2511A, P3492A) or the

Embedded 10/100 NIC. The steps below load the NIC driver that Hewlett Packard

supports.

27. From the console, enter the command: cd /etc

28. Enter the command: vi modules.conf

29. Change the alias ethXeepro100 to alias ethXe100

NOTE: The Xin ethXshould be the number corresponding to the NIC you are

working with.

30. Save and quit VI.

31. Enter the command: lsmod

32. Enter the command: ifdown ethX

NOTE: The Xin ethXshould be the number corresponding to the NIC you are

working with.

33. Enter the command: rmmod eepro100

34. Enter the command: ifup ethX

NOTE: The Xin ethXshould be the number corresponding to the NIC you are

working with.

35. Enter the command: /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart

36. Confirm that the driver listed in "lsmod" is e100

37. Run ifconfig ethX, and try to ping the address assigned to this adapter to verify

that the interface is working correctly, followed by a ping to another device on the

network.

38. Installation of Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional is complete.

On-Line Information and Software Sources

Red Hat Inc., web access: http://www.redhat.com

HP web access: http://www.hp.com

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