Linux Part 2 | Installation
• Manual and Automatic Installation methods for the Linux OS
MANUAL
• Remove existing partitions, linux partions, or do not remove anything.• Create partition Drives:
/boot - 100MB - Not part of LVM - (kernel)
/ - root
/swap - 2x RAM
• Use LVM - Used to adjust the size of the partions on the fly.
• Option for GRUB Loader Password
• Configure Network - DHCP IP/DNS
• Set Firewall - SELinux(Securing files& applications)
• Select TimeZone
• Set Root Password
• Choose Packages to Install
• Install Packages
• License Agreement
• Set Date & Time
• Set Display, Resolution, and Color
• Adding Users
• Finish Setup
MISC. INFO
• Switch to different console Ctrl+Alt+F<1-7>
• To swtich to X - Windows, Press Ctrl+Alt+F7
• To see the number of current Packages installed wc -l /var/log/rpmpkgs
• Another way to see the number of current Packages installed rpm -qa | wc -l
• Packages installed after installation cat /root/install.log
AUTOMATIC
• File to modify: /root/anaconda-ks.cfg
• A GUI to setup the parameters for the auto-install system-config-kickstart
• You can specify the ks location Ex. ks=floppy