RedHat Linux 9.0 installation + Getting Started Guide (illustrated)

One, the preparatory work
1. Purchase or download the REDHAT9 installation CD (3 disk) or image file
2, in the hard disk to leave at least 2 partitions to the installation system, mount points used by the partition recommended more than 4G, swap partition is not too large in 250M or so suitable, file system format regardless, anyway, the installation process will be reformatted.
3, record the following device models in your computer: mouse, keyboard, video card, network card, monitor. And the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS name server address that are used by the network settings.

Two, install Red Hat Linux 9
set the CD-ROM drive as the first boot disk, and then restart the computer after you put the first installation disc, if your CD-ROM drive supports self-booting, as if no surprises will appear like:

Press the ENTER key directly after it will appear like 1, if you do not process 30 seconds will also automatically enter.

in Figure 1: whether to test the integrity of the contents of the installation CD, select "OK" to start the test installation CD; Select "Skip" does not test the installation CD to start the installation is shown in Figure 6, if it is the first installation of course to test the installation CD, select "OK" and then enter, appear like 2

Choose "Test " to test the installation CD file, select "Eject CD" Test disc outside the installation file, here I choose "Test" after the return, appear like 3

testing the first installation CD, shown as 4 when finished testing

see the last line in English "It is OK to install from this media" instructions this installation CD is OK, press "enter" key to enter, display as shown in 5

Select "Continue" and enter to start the installation. If you want to test the remaining 2 installation CD, please put in the next installation CD to the CD-ROM drive, and select "Test" to start the test, after the completion of the Figure 4 screen to pass the test, and then press ENTER after the appearance of Figure 5, repeat the steps until the completion of all the installation CD test. After the test of all installation CDs is complete, use "Right ARROW key" to select "Continue" and put the first installation CD into the CD drive and enter, the installer starts to detect the computer peripheral hardware device, then appears as 6

The help text and introduction appear, press "Hide help" to close the text, press "Release Notes" to show release notes, press "next" to proceed to the next step, appearing as 7

when the mouse is available, this step selects the language of the Installation Wizard (not the language used to install the system), select "Simplified Chinese (Simplified Chinese)", and then click "Next" to display such as 8

Select the keyboard type, the general keyboard for the American keyboard "U.S. English", select OK, click "Next" display such as 9

Select according to your mouse type and click Next to display the

Select the installation type, I choose "Personal Desktop" here, click "Next" to display as one

Disk Partitioning setup is a critical step, so be careful if you lose useful data on your hard drive. If you select Auto Partition, clicking Next will show

Automatic partitioning contains three options: delete all Linux partitions within the system, delete all partitions within the system, and save all partitions using existing free space. It seems that this option is not suitable for my needs, my hard drive has 4 partitions, and the first partition has Windows 98 installed, and I want to keep it loaded with dual systems. Then click "Back" to return to the screen shown in Figure 11 and then re-select "Disk Druid Manual Partition", click "Next" to display such as

all partitions of the hard disk are listed in the table, and I am ready to use the original system D and E disks. That is, using/dev/hda5 (4.8G) as mount point installation System, with/DEV/HDA6 (252M) to do the swap partition. Click "/dev/hda5" to select it (as in), then click on the "Edit" button to pop up the dialog box shown in 14.

mount point Select Root Partition "/" can be, the current file system type is FAT, is not supported by Linux, because some selected "format the partition" and select "Ext3" or "ext2" in the box, as shown in 15

Click "OK" to see that the mount point has been created in the partition table. Also create the swap partition for the next installation, then click "/dev/hda6" in the partition table shown in Figure 13 to select it, then click on the "Edit" button to pop up the dialog box shown in 16.

because/dev/hda6 is used to make swap partitions, the mount point column does not have to be selected, just select "Format the partition as swap" and then click "OK". Display as

The partition types that are visible to/dev/hda5 and/dev/hda6 in the diagram have changed. Click "Next" to pop up the dialog box shown in 18.

tip Format Two partitions, click the "Format" button to display the

The boot loader configuration, by default, writes the system boot information to the main boot sector of the hard disk, which can be set by clicking the Change Boot loader button in the upper-right corner. The boot menu is listed in two items: dos and Red Hat Linux, check dos and click Edit, Change DOS to Windows 98, and Red Hat Linux to Red Hat Linux 9;

Select the system to boot by default (tick in front of it), if Red Hat Linux 9 is the default boot system. Then click "Next" to appear

set up the network, if you are not clear can also be back to the system after the configuration, click "Next" appears as

Firewall Configuration General Purpose Select "Intermediate" is OK, click "Next" appears as

Select system default language Be sure to select "Chinese (p.r.of China)" Simplified Chinese, otherwise you may not be able to display simplified Chinese after entering the system. Additional language support packages are also required. In the "Choose other languages you want to install on this system" box, select at least one of the "Chinese (p.r.of China)" Simplified Chinese, which can be selected in multiple languages (if necessary). Click "Next" to appear as

time Zone Select "Asia/Shanghai" and click "Next" to appear

set the root password is the root administrator password, the root account in the system has the highest power root, usually login system usually do not use the account, set the root password, click "Next" appears as

Personal Desktop Default package installation choice, general purpose use the default is sufficient. You can also run the "redhat-config-package" tool to add/Remove software after the installation is complete. Click "Next" to appear as

Installation Wizard to the end, if you have any objection to the above steps can be straight "back" to return after the reset, otherwise the point "next" no "previous" choice, the program is not also. To start the installation, click "Next" to appear

a slow installation process has started and you can rest for about 30 minutes. When the total progress went to about 75%, it appeared as

the first CD to install the content is completed, prompted to insert the second disc, insert the second disc after the point "OK" to continue to install, to the total progress to about 96%, as prompted to change the third disc, after completion appears as

It is recommended to create a boot disk, insert a blank floppy disk that removes write protection into the floppy drive, and click "Next" to appear

The boot disk is being created and appears as shown in 32 after completion

Verify that the graphics card model that the installer detects is the same as your actual graphics card, if it is different, select it correctly, then click "Next" to appear

Check that the monitor model that the installer detects is the same as your real monitor model, if it is different, please select it correctly, then click "Next" to appear

Select a color depth and screen resolution, then click "Next" to appear as

after the installation is complete, remove the disc and the floppy disk after the point "exit", the system will reboot and reboot will first appear after the boot selection menu, such as

10 seconds after the automatic entry, such as the PNS

first start or enter the command prompt, require the user name, now the system has only one account is the Administrator account, the default administrator account name is root, enter "root" after the return, appear as

prompt to enter a password, enter the system administrator password set at the time of installation, then return, appear as

has logged into the system as an administrator, but I do not want to use the command prompt form to display, to enter the graphics interface. The command to enter the graphics interface is "StartX", enter "StartX" after entering, appear as

What the hell? Originally x configuration problem, need to run "Redhat-config-xfree86" reconfiguration, run "Redhat-config-xfree86" after the appearance of

Click "Configure" to reset the model and parameters of the display and the graphics card, if you are not sure you can also point the system default settings, after the completion of the "OK" after the click on the correct configuration to enter the GUI, appear as

The login window appears again, enter "root" after the return, appear as

Enter the password and return as

The original has entered the desktop as root, but it seems to miss the set up a regular account that step, so point to the Red Hat main menu-logout, in the Pop-up dialog Select "Restart", reboot and then appear the boot selection menu, followed by

something that should have appeared before, and now the point "forward" began to configure the system, appearing as

Create a regular account, used in peacetime login system, account name with ABC, enter the password, the point "forward" appears as

when the time and date are set correctly, the point "forward" appears as

registration prompt, there are two options, the first: "Yes, I would like to register my system on the Red Hat network", the second: "No, I do not want to note the deletion of my system." In the future, choose the second item: "No, I do not want to note the deletion of my system", the point "forward" appears as

If you have other discs that you want to install, just load them. Point "forward" appears as

all settings have ended and the point "forward" appears as

The installation is complete and now enters the system as an ABC user. The future entry system is a graphical interface. Share it slowly!
third, the method of unloading Redhat9 system:
Enter the DOS under the prompt "A:\\>_" enter "fdisk/mbr" carriage return, rewrite the main boot sector of the hard disk, after restarting there is no Redhat9 boot menu, and then format the REDHAT9 the partition is finished!

RedHat Linux 9.0 installation + Getting Started Guide (illustrated)