Linux Partitions creation and Installation of RedHat Enterprise Linux WS(2.4.21-4.EL)

First make partitions as explained in the article How can you make partitions with FDISK For Windows/Linux Dualboot? Get ready with 4 C.D's of RedHat Enterprise Linux WS.

Boot the system with Linux first C.D. System will boot from the C.D and you will get RedHat Screen. Just press enter to install RedHat Enterprise Linux. Then it will detect all the hardware in the system. Sometimes it wont detect some hardware like mouse. Then it will display Mouse Not Detected. (In this case just give the details of your mouse type then you can proceed in the graphical installation Mode otherwise you can use text mode installation which does not require a mouse.)

If you get Mouse Not Detected message then with the help of Tab select O.K then press spacebar. It will display all models of mouses. Select your Mouse model with the help of arrow keys. Then with the help of Tab select O.K then press spacebar. Then it will display Device list with ports. Select your device with arrow keys then with the help of Tab select O.K then press spacebar. Then it will detect your mouse and it displays graphical installation mode window. Just click next. Select your language then click next. Select U.S English Keyboard then click next. Now select your Mouse Model, Device then click next. Now it will display Disk partition setup window. Just select Manually partition with Disk Druid then click next. Then it will display existing partitiuons and free space available on the Hard Disk. Now just click the Free under Drive/dev/hda then at bottom it will show free space and Starting,Ending cylinders. (Suppose for example it shows free space of 13201 MB with start cylinder 3189 and end cylinder 4871.) Just double click the free space at the bottom. Then it will display Add Partition window. In Add Partition window select Mount point as root '/'. Select File System type as EXT3. Then select start cylinder(suppose 3189) and end cylinder(suppose 4771, at least leave last 100 cylinders for Linux Swap partition). Now click O.K. It will give a warning message. Just click continue.

Now double click the Free Space at the bottom to create Linux Swap Partition. Then Add Partition window will come. Now select File System type as swap. Select Start cylinder(suppose 4772) and End cylinder(suppose 4869, it must be less than last cylinder 4871) then click O.K. Now click next. Now Boot Loader Configuration window comes. Select your default O.S as DOS then click next. Next select your Host name either Automatically Via DHCP or Manually as you wish. If you select manually then type a host name then click next. Now select Enable Firewall. Also select services like http,ftp as you wish then click next. Select the default language as English Usa then click next. Select your timezone then click next. Type your root password as you wish then click next. After some time it will display Package defaults. Just click next. Again click next to start installation. Then it will install all packages. After some installation it will ask disk 2. Install disk 2 then click o.k. Then after some installtion it will ask disk 3. Insert disk 3 then click o.k. After some installation it will ask disk 4. Insert disk 4 then click o.k. After some installation it will ask disk 1. Insert disk 1 then click o.k. Then after some time Graphical Interface(X) Configuration will come. Select your Vedio hardware type then select video RAM size then click next. Then select your monitor type and Sync's then click next. Now select your Screen Resolution then click next. Now Installation is complete. Remove the C.D from drive then click EXIT.

Now system will reboot and Grub Version 0.93 loader will come on the screen. Now select RedHat Enterprise Linux WS with arrow keys then press enter. After some time welcome screen comes. Just click next. Click Yes to agree the license agreement then click next. Now Date and Time settings will come. If you want you can Enable network Time Protocol. Also you can select a server for time protocol. Then click next. Next It will ask User Account Details. Type your user name,then enter your password then click next. Then it will detect your sound card and display it's details. Click next. Then it will display RedHat Registration choices. Select your choice then click next. It will display Additional CD's details. Just click next. Then it will ask your user name and password details. Enter those details. Now you completed your Linux Installation.